Albert Lea
a city of Minnesota, the county-seat of Freeborn co., about 100 miles S. of Minneapolis. It is on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Minneapolis and St. Louis, and Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, the Iowa Central, and the Illinois Central railroads. Its fine natural surroundings make it a popular summer resort. It has two lakes, parks, and boulevards. In the city are a handsome court house, Albert Lea College for Women, and Luther Academy. It is the center of an extensive agricultural and dairying region. Its industries include gas-engine works and a paper-box factory, tank factories, creameries, packing houses.
Pop. (1910) 6,112; (1920) 8,056.