WASHINGTON COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Date Built	Current Use	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
afton (Bayport)		Amelund Threshing Show Grounds 17760 St. Croix Trail	C	1883	Museum	None	Wood
Copas (Vasa)		2070 County M, south side, about .3 miles west of Nye Lane in Nye, WI. (GPS: 45.31694, -92.5852)	C	????	Residence	None	Wood
Groningen (Miller Sta.)		Ironhorse Central RR Museum at 2480 Morgan Avenue, Chisago City. (GPS:45.308772, -92.846425)	C	1896	Museum	None	Wood
stillwater		601 North Main Street (GPS: 45.062606, -92.806302)	P	????	Vacant	Aband.	Brick
Stillwater		305 South Water Street (GPS: 45.055112, -92.804593)	F	1883	Business	Gone	Brick
Stillwater Junction (Siegel)		10732 Stillwater Boulevard (MN-5), Lake Elmo (GPS: 44.998785,-92.888551)	C	1881	Residence	None	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Afton
Arcola
Bayport (S. Stillwater)		There was a St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad station here as early as 1874. It was the first station in this town with the CM&St.P coming later. The line from Stillwater Switch to South Stillwater was removed in 1935. Stillwater Switch was about half way between Stillwater and South Stillwater.
Bayport (S. Stillwater)	AND	There was a union station here that was built in 1890.
Bayport	AND	There was a freight station on the corner of 5th Avenue North and North Maine Street at GPS: 45.022318, -92.778328. This station is shown on the 1928 Sanborn map.
Carnelian junction
Dayton Bluff
Club House		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, there was an 10'x37' passenger shed with a brick platform here that was built in 1907.
Cottage Grove
Dellwood
Dellwood		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, there was an 17'x24' combination depot here that was built in 1897.
Duluth junction		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, there was only a station sign here. That may mean that the NP shared a station with the Soo, or that there was no station here at all.
DulUth Junction
Forest Lake		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, a new station was built here in 1894 that measured 24'x78'.
Garen		This station was between Hugo and Forest Lake (4 miles from each). According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, the depot here was an old boxcar body with a gravel platform.
Hugo		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, this station was built in 1871 with the 1.5 story section measuring 18'x21' and the one-story section measuring 18'x49'.
Hugo (Centerville)		The original Lake Superior & Mississippi RR station was was most likely in the vicinity of where MN-8 now intersects with US 61 and was built around 1870. The original name of Hugo was Centerville Station.
Lake Elmo (Bass lake)		Prior to 1879, this location was known as Bass Lake Station. There was a St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad station here as early as 1874.
lake elmo		This appears to be the depot for the Lake Elmo Sanatarium.
Lake Elmo		The main Lake Elmo station was built in 1906. It was a wooden frame building with a concrete foundation. The building also featured a 24' pavillion.
Lakeland		This combination station was on Lake Street.
Langdon		This station was at the south end of present-day Islay Avenue South (formerly Main Street), just east-northeast of the tracks, and about equidistant from both the road and the tracks, at the point where Islay curves to the left at GPS: 44.809833, -92.929306. The depot sat between a two-track siding/house track, which is long gone, and the main line.
Mahtomedi (Wilson)		There was a Stillwater & St. Paul RR station here was early as 1874. The S&St.P railroad ran from Stillwater to White Bear Lake (looping around the north side of the lake from Mahtomedi to the village of White Bear Lake). It became part of the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad in 1899 which was later bought by the Northern Pacific.
Mahtomedi (Wilson) (Summer City)		Later part of the NP. According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, this station was built in 1897 and measured16'x20'. There was also a 12'x16' freight depot here that was also built in 1897.
Mahtomedi
Maple Island
Marine (Marine Mills)
Midvale (Castle)
Newport	AND	This station was just south of 12th Street between the CM&St.P and CB&Q tracks. It was likely a joint station.
Oak Dale (Oakdale)		There was a St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad station here as early as 1874. The CSt.PM&O station was between Hadley Avenue to the east and Granada Avenue to the west and Stillwater Boulevard to the south. This is at the corner of what is now Upper 28th and 29th Street.
Otisville
Peninsula		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, there was an 8'x30' passenger shed here that was built in 1902.
Point Douglas
Point Douglas
Red Rock		This village was one mile north of Newport near the intersection of Red Rock Road and Bailey Road.
St. Mary		Was also known as "St. Mary's Point."
St. paul Auto Club
St. Paul Park (Broadway)		This station was on the north side of Broadway Avenue on the west side of the tracks at 5th Street at GPS: 44.848088, -92.995128.
St. Paul Park (Pullman Ave.)		This station was on Pullman Avenue. It was built in 1888 at a cost of $5,000 (The Saint Paul Globe, 12-23-1888). The station was abandoned around 1928 (Star Tribune, 3-8-1928).
St. Paul park
Stillwater		The St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad terminated in Stillwater at the station. According to an 1874 map, this station was located near the corner of East Pine and South Main (when Pine street went through and intersected with Main). The line became part of the St. Paul & Sioux City RR in 1880 and eventually became part of the CSt.PM&O. This was the second RR station in Stillwater, having been built around 1872.
Stillwater		According to the 1874 map of the town, the Stillwater & St. Paul RR station was located right on the water at the end of Myrtle Street. This was the first station in Stillwater, having been built around 1870. There was passenger station on the west side of the tracks and a freight station on the east side of the tracks. This railroad ran from Stillwater to White Bear Lake and this station was the terminus at Stillwater. It became part of the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad in 1899 which was later bought by the Northern Pacific.
Stillwater	AND	This union station was built in 1886 and was located on the SE corner of Water and Myrtle Streets at GPS: 45.056650, -92.805132. It was torn down in 1960 to make way for a grocery store (also now gone). The site is now a parking lot. For most of its life it served the Northern Pacific and CSt.PM&O railroads. It was owned by the NP.
Stillwater		There were two freight stations on the north side of Myrtle Street.
Stillwater		There was a 40'x150' brick freight house on the NE corner of Water and Myrtle Streets at GPS: 45.057051, -92.805410. It was built in 1902 replacing an earlier freight station at the same location.
Stillwater		There was an Omaha freight station built here in 1897. It was on the NE side of St. Croix Trail North (MN-95, formerly Main Street) at GPS: 45.053517, -92.803794.
Summit		According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, there was only a platform and station sign here.
Wildwood
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1898 WASHINGTON COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Afton (CMSt.P&P) - The depot on the Amelund Threshing Show Grounds is advertised as being from Bayport, however, before it was in Bayport it was originally in Afton. The depot has been moved twice. It was most likely moved from Afton to Bayport around 1914 also after the demise of the old Bayport union station (for reasons unknown). In Bayport it was located on Maine Street South between Central Avenue and 2nd Avenue South at GPS: 45.019903, -92.777283. Copas (Soo Line) - A section worker for the RR bought it and moved it to Nye in the 1950s. Gronigen (St.P&D) - This station is original to Pine County. According to NP Valuation Reports from 1917, this station was built in 1891 and measured 16'x46', however this information may refer to the original station here (or it may just be a mistake). The town was known as Miller, but was wiped out in the Hinkley firestorm of 1894. The name was changed to Gronigen when it was resurrected and the new station subsequently built in 1896. Stillwater Junction (Siegel) (CSt.PM&O) - Known as Siegel on modern maps, there was a St. Paul, Stillwater & Taylor's Falls Railroad station here as early as 1874. This was originally the junction of the St.PS&TF (which continued NE to Stillwater) and the West Wisconsin RR (which crossed the river at Hudson, WI and ran NW up to the junction). This junction was in the vicinity of 47th Street North and Osgood Avenue. A passenger station here was built by the St. Paul & Sioux City RR in 1881 (likely this station). A two story agent's dwelling was constructed here in 1883. The station was originally located right where the RR tracks and 47th street from the east come together (GPS: 45.015761, -92.807381). The depot was sold by the railroad to Lawrence Schneider on August 8, 1935 for $80. The depot was then moved to Lake Elmo and remained on south side of the street until being moved across the street to its current location in in 1954. --Thanks to Bill Schrankler and Dean Thilgen for sharing this information about the move and locations.