Upper Darby has a self-guided walking tour now that takes you to eight Underground Railroad sites in the township, writes Kenny Cooper for WHYY.org.

“I give a lot of kudos to the members of the Historic Commission, because they got this together in less than a year, and it was a great launch,” Mayor Barbarann Keffer said.

The 4.5-mile route covers Drexel Hill to the border with West Philadelphia.

There are several abolitionist stories along the way.

The first stop, Thornfield, is a property owned by the Garrett family, Quakers who provided refuge to enslaved people.

At what is now Holy Child Academy on Shadeland Ave. in Drexel Hill, abolitionist Thomas Garrett Jr. had the Riverhouse House and Cleveland Farm. He was a friend of Harriet Tubman and helped her family members escape to freedom.

A museum at Arlington Cemetery contains Garrett family artifacts.

Other featured Quakers on the tour are the Pennock, Sellers and Rhoads families.

The tour ends at the Friends Southwestern Burial Ground, where several local abolitionists are buried.

A downloadable trail map can be found on the township’s website. An audio guide is also on the way.

Read more at WHYY.org about Upper Darby’s Underground Railroad tour.