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CLINTON COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Blanchester Depot & South Church Streets
(GPS: 39.291271, -83.990466)		 F Railroad ???? In Use Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Blanchester The first station here was likely built when the line first opened.
Blanchester The second depot was built here in 1883 (The Highland Weekly News, 1-24-1883).
Blanchester The passenger station was on the east side of Church Street. Parts of the foundation and brick platforms of the passenger station still exist (as of 2007). The station was closed in 1975.
Clarksville A new station was built here in 1905.
Cuba  
Farmers Station This was the next station to the east of Martinsville. It was on the west side of Farmers Road on the north side of the tracks.
Glenwood This was a station on the original route of the narrow-gague Waynesville, Port William & Jeffersonville RR (The Grasshopper RR) (later Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley Railway). The CC&HV was subsequently purchased by the Ohio Southern RR (DT&I). The station was on Gurneyville Road at approximately GPS: 39.550459, -83.921838.
Martinsville  
Martinsville This station, built in 1895, was located on the west side of South High Street on the north side of the tracks.
McKays Station This was a station on the original route of the narrow-gague Waynesville, Port William & Jeffersonville RR (The Grasshopper RR) (later Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley Railway). The CC&HV was subsequently purchased by the Ohio Southern RR (DT&I). The station was on McKay Road just south of Hurley Road in the vicinity of GPS: 39.539449, -83.877290.
Melvin  
Melvin This station burned down on February 20, 1952 as a result of a collision between a B&O passenger train and a gasoline tanker truck at the nearby crossing (Wilmington News-Journal, Feb. 21, 1952).
Midland City This station was east of Broadway Street (US-68) near the intersection of High Street and Baldwin Street at GPS: 39.304228, -83.908915. The building included tower that was used by the I&O in later years. The station burned down on January 1, 2024 after having deteriorated for many years. The town was formerly known as Clinton Valley (as shown on 1876 map). Some sources claim this was the original depot on this line (originally the Midland RR) built in 1885, whereas others claim the station was built later by the B&O around 1919.
Mount Pleasant This was a station on the original route of the narrow-gague Waynesville, Port William & Jeffersonville RR (The Grasshopper RR) (later Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley Railway). The station here was where the line crossed what is now US-68. It was in the vicinity of GPS: 39.537664, -83.849084.
New Burlington This was a station on the original route of the Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley Railway. The CC&HV was subsequently purchased by the Ohio Southern RR (DT&I).
New Vienna The station was on the west side of South Street, on the north side of the tracks. According to a January 30, 1971 article in the Wilmington news Journal, it was dismantled in 1971 and was slated to be rebuilt on the farm of Dale and Wanda Marks of New Carlisle. Does anyone know if the station was rebuilt there? 
Ogden  
Port William This was a station on the original route of the Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley Railway. The CC&HV was subsequently purchased by the Ohio Southern RR (DT&I). The station was on Ellis Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets.
Reesville  
Reesville  
Sabina This station was at the intersection of West Mound and North Howard. It was on the east side of North Howard and on the north side of the C&MV (PRR) tracks. A freight depot was on the south side of the tracks. The B&O station was to the north.
Sabina The freight station was on the east side of North Howard on the south side of the tracks.
Sabina This station was at the intersection of West Mound and North Howard. It was on the east side of North Howard and on the north side of the B&O tracks. The C&MV station was to the south.
South Kingman This was the final station on the SW route of the narrow-gague Waynesville, Port William & Jeffersonville RR (The Grasshopper RR) (later Cincinnati, Columbus & Hocking Valley Railway). It was in the vicinity of GPS: 39.499838, -83.939597.
Westboro This station, built in 1892, was last on 101 Vine Street (GPS: 39.281562,-83.907939) being used as a residence before burning down in November 2013. It was moved to Vine Street in 1925 from its original location on Lynchburg Road.
Wilmington This station was on the north side of the tracks between Walnut and South Streets (GPS: 39.443667,-83.828205). The freight station was across the tracks.
Wilmington This combination station was at 286 East Sugartree Street, west of Grant Street. It was on the NW side of the tracks (GPS: 39.44375,-83.823795). The station was closed in 1975.
1898 CLINTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Midland City (B&O)