Historical Marker
Milestones
Historical marker location:
126 East Main Street, Woodville, Ohio
( Marker is on East Main Street (U.S. 20) east of North Walnut Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 1989
The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North before the Civil War.