ROCK COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Bruce 331 31st Street (CR-13)
(GPS: 43.530119, -96.405713)
C ???? Museum None Wood
Hills Swanson Antiques, 2 miles west
of U.S. 75 on Rock County Road 20, NW of Luverne.
C 1895 Business None Wood
Hills 214 South Main Street
(GPS: 43.527667, -96.359211)
C ???? Business None Wood  
jasper 608 Hatting Avenue in Luverne
(GPS: 43.645697, -96.218515)
C ???? Business None Wood  
luverne 106 E. Fletcher Street, between
Freeman and Cedar Streets
(GPS: 43.651737, -96.209034)
C 1913 Railroad In Use Brick  
manley  Two miles NW of Beaver Creek at 935 40th Street
(GPS: 43.620233, -96.392970).
C ???? Storage None Wood
Steen
(Virginia)        
West 1st Street on the alley halfway
between South Church Street and South Water
(in the backyard of 116 South Church Street) in Hills.
(GPS: 43.529136,-96.361049).
C ???? Garage None Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Ash Creek The depot was at the west end of Crey Street. It was built in 1899.
Beaver Creek Built in 1878, this station was on the west side of North 2nd Street.
Bruce This town essentially does not exist anymore. When there were streets here, the station was on Railroad Street just west of Main Street.
Hardwick This station was on the north side of Main Street, on the west side of the tracks.
Hills
AND
According to the GN Valuation Records for 1915, the GN and IC jointly owned a small freight transfer shed here that measured 7'x9'. It was built in 1902.
Jasper  
Kenneth This station was on 1st Street between Main Street and 1st Avenue.
Kanaranzi This station was on Railway Street just west of Sherman Avenue.
Luverne Part of this station was moved SE of town off 140th Avenue where it served as a residence before burning down. Its original location was on the east side of Blue Mountain Avenue on the east side of the tracks north of East Lincoln Street at GPS: 43.655503, -96.202650.
Luverne This was the original combination station here and later used as a freight station after the new passenger station was built. It was on Fletcher Street across the tracks from the existing station at GPS: 43.651531, -96.209331.
Magnolia
(Drake)
This station was on the east side of Broadway Street between the main line and a siding to the north. It was built in 1899.
Manley The first station here was a boxcar body with alterations.
Manley This two-story combination station was built in 1895. After passenger service ended (it was abandoned in 1954), it was later moved to a local farm where it remained for years. It was torn down along with the rest of the farm around 2000 after the owner of the property died. According to the GN Valuation Records for 1915, the station measured 18'x60'.
1898 ROCK COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Hills (Illinois Central) - Now only the agent's bay and a part of the station remains. This part of the station was moved to a farm in Iowa and then returned to MN when Larry Swanson (in the photo) moved it to his antique shop in Luverne. The original location of this station was the east side of South Central Avenue when that street went through to the tracks.

Bruce (Illinois Central) - This station was moved to a farm which appears to also have a museum display of old buildings.

Manley (CSt.PM&O) - This station was originally from Manley and was moved to Beaver Creek when that town's station burned. According to the 1914 map of the town, the separate Omaha and GN stations in Manley were virtually next door to each other on 4th Street (when the town had streets platted). The GN station was to the north of the Omaha station. Both stations were just to the west of the tower that controlled the crossing of the two railroads.

Steen (Illinois Central) - This station was originally on the west side of Main Street in Steen.