CHAMPAIGN COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Rosewood		Main Street (SR 29) (GPS: 40.219208, -83.961407)	C	Business	1893	In Use	Wood
St. Paris		500 South Washington Street (GPS: 40.124324, -83.957695)	F	Civic	????	Gone	Wood
Urbana		519 Miami Street (US 36) (GPS: 40.108231, -83.758625)	F	Business	1926	Gone	Wood
Urbana		644 Miami Street (US 36) (GPS: 40.108805, -83.760239)	P	Business	1893	In Use	Brick
Urbana		NE of West Ward & North Russell Streets (GPS: 40.112200, -83.755521)	F	Storage	1872	Aband.	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Bowlusville
Bowlusville
Brush Lake
Cable
Catawba		This station was on the SE side of Virts Road at GPS: 40.023641, -83.658115. The 1915 Big 4 section map also shows a freight station here made of a converted boxcar.
Fountain Park
Hagenbaughs (Longs)		Although this town does not exist anymore, a Columbus, Piqua & Indiana RR (later PRR) station is shown here as early as 1874. The station was on the north side of Jackson Hill Road. This is in Salem Township SE of Kingscreek.
Kenard
KingsCreek (Kingston)		This station was on East Kingscreek Road.
Mechanicsburg		This station was on the north side of Railroad Street between S. Main and S. Locust Streets.
Mingo		In 1874 the A&GW station was on the west side of Spain Street at Railroad Street.
North Lewisburg		The first station here was along the south side of the tracks just east of Gregory Street. It survived until at least 1901 and was probably demolished when the new Erie station was built (see below).
North Lewisburg		This station was built sometime after 1901 and sat along the south side of the tracks on the west side of Gregory Street (across the street from where the old depot was).
St. Paris		The passenger station was between South Springfield Street and South Washington Street just south of Poplar Street. It was built in 1882 after the original station burned on Sunday, December 18, 1881 (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12-19-1881). The freight station (still existing) was across the tracks to the southeast.
St. Paris		This station was located on the east side of Main Street (US 36) just south of Ashland Avenue.
Thackery
Urbana	AND	This combination station was on the north side of Miami Street on the west side of the tracks at GPS: 40.109183, -83.757842. This was the original station for this line (later Big 4). The station appears on 1885 maps when the line was IB&W. The PCC&St.L used this station until that railroad built a new station (still exists) in 1893.
Urbana		This station replaced the one listed above. It was located near the corner of South Dewey Street and Abbey Lane at GPS: 40.107082, -83.758318. It was on the east side of the tracks. It, and the freight station that is still standing, were built sometime between 1910 and 1924.
Urbana		According to the Urbana Union of 12-07-1864, a temporary passenger station was first erected near the corner of Church and Russell Streets.
Urbana		Built in 1871, this A&GW (later Erie) station was at the west end of Court Street at Washington Street at GPS: 40.109650, -83.758012. It was just to the NW of the CCC&St.L station (listed above). It was torn down in 1934 and passenger operations were moved to the freight station thereafter.
Urbana	AND	There was an early freight transfer station here. According to the Urbana Union of 8-30-1865, the C&IC RR paid the A&GW $12,000 for advance freight to date that year.
Urbana		A Cincinnati, Dayton & Eastern RR (later part of the Sandusky Dayton and Cincinnati Railroad) station opened here in 1867 (Urbana Union, 07-17-1867).
Urbana		The freight station was across the tracks to the NW of the passenger stationat approximately GPS: 40.109191, -83.760501.
Westville (Magrew)
Woodstock		The first station here was on the west side of South Main Street.
1898 CHAMPAIGN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Rosewood (Ohio Southern) - This station was moved from the south side of SR 29 to the north side of SR 29 by the grain elevator when it was purchased from the railroad. The bay window has been removed and a tin roof added. Urbana (NYC) - Located on the south side of US36 and west of the new elevated NYC line (relocated in the 1920s). The line is owned by the West Central Ohio Port Authority (WESTCO) and operated by IOCR (RailTex). Urbana (PCC&St.L) - Station exterior in good condition. The building has been completely refurbished by a joint effort between the city and a group of locals who formed The Simon Kenton Pathfinders. The group bought the depot in the early stages of trying to start a bike trail and later deeded it to the city. The bike trail is operational and the depot now houses a coffeehouse. More photos and info are available at: http://www.simonkentonpathfinders.org/depot.htm. The station appears on Sanborn maps as early as 1895, but may be considerably older (earlier Sanborn maps did not show this part of town). Urbana (Erie) - Freight house is easily accessible. The station is owned by Urbana citizen Toni DePalma and used as a workshop and for storage. It sits along the Simon Kenton Bike Path. Visitors are invited to take photos and people with info pertinent to this depot are encouraged to contact Miss DePalma at tonib57@gmail.com. According to Erie RR valuation records, the station was built in 1872. As of the summer of 2020 some minor rehab was being done such as removing old plywood to expose windows and excavating the old unused portion of track.