KITTSON COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
hallock SW Corner of 4th Street and South Bryan Avenue (405 South Bryan). C ???? Residence None Wood
holt 300th Street, west of 170th Avenue north of Greenbush in Roseau County
(GPS: 48.8359 -96.2576)
C ???? Storage None Wood  
humboldt Located 2.8 mi. east of intersection of CR-1 and CR-4 on Judson Nelson property C ???? Storage None Wood
karlstad West of Karlstad on 410th Avenue at Wagon Wheel Ridge Event Center. C 1904 Civic None Wood
kennedy Relocated to the northern part of Hazelton Township on an abandoned farm. The roads here have no names or numbers. It is on the north/south dirt road that is between CR-5 and US-59. It is 1.5 miles north of MN-175. (GPS: 48.797694,-96.756361) C ???? Cabin None Wood
lake bronson At Kittson County Historial Society's Museum on CR-28 at 4th Avenue just east of town. C 1904 Museum None Wood
northcote North side of CR-4, about 150 feet NE of US-75.
(GPS: 48.845741,-97.00052)
C 1885 Storage None Wood
noyes
AND
On the east side of US-75 along the tracks about 200 feet south of the Canadian border.
(GPS: 37.0625,-95.677068)
C 1924 Railroad In Use Wood  
Salol Next to quonset hut at grain elevator off MN-11 and 480th Avenue (GPS: 48.867760, -95.569173). C ???? Storage Gone Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Chatham The 1915 GN Valuation Record for 1915 lists only a platform at this location. The station was abandoned by the GN in June 1949.
Donaldson This 24'x60' station was on Front Street between Ash and Commercial. It was on the west side of the tracks.
hallock This was the second station here. It was torn down by the railroad.
Halma The depot was on Railway Avenue just north of the intersection of Main and Iowa Streets.
Kennedy A predecessor of the station that still exists.
Lancaster This station was at the east end of 1st Street on the west side of the tracks.
Noyes The original station here was built in the 1890s by the GN with rooms for customs and immigration officials and the Soo rented space. That station burned down and the current station, a joint GN and Soo effort, dates from 1922. Numerous expansions and alterations since then to the newer station.
Orleans This station was near the corner of Main Street and Central Avenue on the NE side of the tracks.
St. Vincent This 30'x125' depot was on Pacific Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets. It was on the north side of the tracks.
St. Vincent
(St. Vincent Junction)
In later years this second generation station was moved from town out to St. Vincent Junction.
Sultan Also known as "Sultan Yard" and "Sultan Siding."
1898 KITTSON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Hallock (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was on Pacific Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets on the west side of the tracks.

Humboldt (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was just to the southwest of the intersection of Davis and First Streets. It was on the SW side of the tracks.

Karlstad (Soo Line) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was near the NE end of Roosevelt Avenue. It was then moved to Pelan Pioneer Park NE of town on the south side of MN 11 (GPS: 48.653516, -96.35234) before being moved again on April 13, 2018 to its current location at Wagon Wheel Ridge Event Center.

Lake Bronson (Soo Line) - This station's original location was at the corner of Railway Avenue and Kittson Street.

Kennedy (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was on the corner of Pacific Avenue and 5th Street on the west side of the tracks.

Northcote (GN) - This station has been relocated. Its original location was on Pacific Avenue between 4th and 3rd Streets on the southwest side of the tracks.