WILKIN COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Breckenridge South side of Minnesota Avenue west of 5th Street North
(GPS: 46.262895, -96.589430)		 P 1901 Railroad In Use Brick  
Wolverton Corner of Howard Avenue and Front Street
(GPS: 46.560173,-96.734147)		 C 1900 Residence None Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Atherton This station was on the old St. Vincent extension of the St. Paul & Pacific RR which ran between Breckenridge and Barnesville (the old grade is now MN-9). The 34-mile line was only in service from 1877-1888.
Breckenridge The first GN station here was a combination station on the east side of 5th Street south of Minnesota Avenue at GPS: 46.262921, -96.587345. When the new passenger station was built in 1902, this building became the freight station.
Breckenridge             This station was on the SW corner of 5th Street and New York Avenue at GPS: 46.258559, -96.588237. According to the NP Valuation Report of 1917, this wood-frame station was built in 1902 and had a 24'x28' two-story section with two one-story sections measuring 24'x31' and 24'x16'.
Brushvale According to the 1915 GN Valuation Report, a new station measuring 8' X 12' was built here in 1915.
Campbell Either this station predates the one below, or the one below is the same station only heavily modified.
Campbell This depot was on Pacific Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets.
Childs
(Kutzer)
(Aberdeen Line Jct.)		 This town no longer exists. The station was on the east side of the main road, on the south side of the tracks. In 1901, in addition to the railroad station, there was an elevator, store, post office and saw mill here. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a new station was built here in 1913 that measured 12'x34'. The name of the station was changed from "Childs" to "Kutzer" in February 1926 and the station was abandoned by the GN in June 1956.
Doran This station was located on Pacific Avenue at 4th Street.
Elliot
(Smiths Tank)		 This station was on the southern border of Section 30, Champion Township.
Everdell
(Everdale)		 According to the NP Valuation Report of 1917, a new passenger station was built here in 1897 that measured 10'x20'.
Foxhome This combination depot was on the east side of Main Street. According to the NP Valuation Report of 1917, this station was built in 1902 and measured 20'x48' (the two-story section) and 13'x42' (the one-and-a-half-story section).
Kent This station was on Harris Street just south of 3rd Street. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Report, it was built in 1888.
Lawndale According to the 1915 GN Valuation Report, a new station measuring 12' X 34' was built here in 1914.
Manston This station was on the old St. Vincent extension of the St. Paul & Pacific RR which ran between Breckenridge and Barnesville (the old grade is now MN-9). The station was in the vicinity of MN-9 and Township Road 34 around GPS: 46.485697, -96.489467. The 34-mile line was only in service from 1877-1888.
Nashua This station was west of 2nd Avenue on the south side of the tracks.
Romney According to the 1915 GN Valuation Report, this stop only had a station sign and cinder platform as of the date of the report. It was abandoned by the GN in December 1940.
Rothsay This station was on Railroad Street between 1st Avenue SW and Main Avenue West at GPS: 46.474381, -96.284511. It was torn down in 2012 to make way for a new grain bin at the elevator site. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Report, the station was built in 1897 and measued 30' X 60'.
Tenney This station was between Rumford and Concord Streets.
Wotosco Spur
(Watson)		 This was located in the NE corner of Section 8, Sunnyside Township. The 1903 county map shows a spur here, but no station. According to the NP Valuation Report of 1917, there was only a wood platform and a station sign here as of that date.
Yarmouth Junction This was at the intersection of CR-9 and Township Highway 117 in the northeast corner of Section 19, Champion Township. It was abandoned as a station by the GN in 1928.
1898 WILKIN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Wolverton (GN) - The original location of this station was on the east side of US-75, just south of Lind Avenue. It was on the east side of the tracks. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Report, the station was built in 1900.