Albert Lea

Albert Lea lē [key], city (2020 pop. 18,492), seat of Freeborn co., S Minn., near the Iowa line; inc. 1878. It is a manufacturing and marketing center in a dairy, livestock, and poultry region. Lea college is located on Lake Chapeau. A state park is nearby.

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