ROSS COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Anderson		Behind 249 Anderson Station Road (GPS: 39.361712, -83.078439)	C	Garage	????	In Use	Wood
Bainbridge		In Orient (Pickaway Co.) at 10530 Thrailkill Road. (GPS: 39.780791,-83.11985)	C	Museum	????	None	Wood
Chillicothe		14 South Rose Street (GPS: 39.334986, -82.966886)	F	Railroad	1960	Gone	Steel
Delano		616 Buckeye Street, Chillicothe. (GPS: 39.347874,-82.999888)	C	Residence	????	None	Wood
Fruitdale		1385 Moxley Road (GPS: 39.301624, -83.340652)	C	Residence	????	Gone	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Adelphi	Marietta Hocking & Northern	Not sure if this line had passenger service or stations.
Austin
Chillicothe		There was a freight station on Main Street to the east of the passenger station.
Chillicothe		This station was located on the west side of South Paint Street near 11th Street. The original Dayton & Southeastern RR station was built here in 1879. Not sure if that is the same station as the one pictured.
Chillicothe		Prior to the freight station listed below which was built in 1910, the N&W used the old Scioto Valley freight station which was on the south side of Sugar Street at GPS: 39.336300, -82.969952. That old station was torn down around the time the new station was built as it is not on Sanborn maps from 1914. There was a smaller freight station at this location in 1888 that was either replaced or expanded.
Chillicothe		This freight station was built in 1910 and was located on the north side of East Main Street between McArthur and Sugar at GPS: 39.335624, -82.969399. It burned in 2006 with the remnants demolished a few months later.
Chillicothe	AND	This station was located at 404 East Main Street (South Sugar between Main and Fourth Streets) (GPS: 39.334521,-82.96978). It was built in 1871 at a cost of $20,000. The original building was added onto on four occasions; mostly brick with some frame. In its heyday, the station featured a full dining room and lunch counter. The station burned down in the early morning hours of February 8, 2012. Arson was suspected (Chillicothe Gazette, 2-9-2012).
Chillicothe		The M&C (CW&B, B&O) freight station was on the south side of Main Street across the tracks to the NE of the passenger station. It is shown on early maps and was demolished in 1960 to make way for the new Main Street overpass that was built that year.
Frankfort
Gravel Pit
Hallsville	Marietta Hocking & Northern	Not sure if this line had passenger service or stations.
HarperS		The earliest station here probably sat on land owned by Caleb Harper, a farmer. It was originally referred to as Harper's Station (see 1875 maps).
Harris Station
Higbys		Razed October 1, 1936
Kingston		This station sat on Railroad Street (formerly Bell St.) just north of 3rd Street. May have also served the Marietta Hocking & Northern RR which ran from Kingston to Adelphi in Pickaway Co.
Kingston	Marietta Hocking & Northern	Not sure if this line had passenger service or its own stations.
Kinnickinnick
Locks (Three Locks)		There was a shelter-type passenger waiting shed here. This station was 4 miles west of Higbys and 6 miles east of Chillicothe.
Lyndon		A new depot was built here in 1910 after the village donated a patch of land to the railroad (Chillicothe Gazette 8-24-1910). It is not clear whether this was the first station here or a replacement for an earlier station.
Musselman
Musselman
Renick junction (RK Junction)
Richmondale
Roxabell		M.J. Timmons was the station agent here in 1875.
Rupels
Schooleys
Sherman track		This is shown as a station 6.6 miles from Chillicothe on the 1957 B&O Ohio Division timetable.
Slate Mills
Storms
Sulphur Lick Springs		This shelter station served the Sulpher Lick Hotel (still standing) about .5 of a mile from the station.
Summithill (Summit)
Three Locks		See listing above for Locks.
Thrifton
Thrifton
Vauces
Vigo (Londonderry)		Photo is from 1884. On maps from 1875, this was called Londonderry Station as the depot was most likely first located on the property of David Londonderry.
Vigo		This station was built in 1895 (Chillicothe Gazette, 8-31-1895).
West Junction	AND
1898 ROSS COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Chillicothe (B&O) - This freight station was built in 1960 (Chillicothe Gazette, 8-11-1960) when the old freight station was demolished to make way for the new Main Street overpass. Delano (SV) - The original location of this station was where Delano Road crosses the tracks. Property records indicate that it was built (moved to) at its current location in 1920 (these property records, however, are frequently incorrect about historical dates). However, a newspaper article from October 1920 (Chillicothe Gazette, 10-5-1920) indicates the the/a depot was still standing at Delano then. It is not clear if that was the same building or a newer station. Jeff McCarty writes, "My great grandmother lived in the house for much of her life. I believe the station was moved around 1899 to the location at 616 Buckeye Street. I am personally familiar with the history of since around 1960 and before as I visited that location regularly with my grandfather and my uncle who purchased it in the 1960's. I learned that it was rolled up there on logs pulled by teams of horses etc. around 1899. The house previous to 1964 had very tall ceilings and a separate entrance in the rear which was the "baggage room" per Phillip Jacob Laessle who lived there since he was young. In 1965 or so my uncle (and father and others) lowered the upstairs floor (downstairs ceiling) in three sections to the present 8' height." Fruitdale (Ohio Southern) - The building was there prior to the RR, but served as a station in later years. It has hand cut stone foundation, a hand cut oak frame, a spring house and three secret stairways. Over the years it also served as a post office, general store, hotel, speakeasy, and gentlemen's club.