Meeker County, Minnesota

City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Field Checked

Cosmos

Minnesota Western

540 Milky Way Boulevard

F

storage

 

gone

metal

none

44.931231,-94.697177

4/08

Darwin

Great Northern

relocated just south of tracks

C

Twine Ball Museum

 

none

wood

none

 

10/08

Dassel

Great Northern

relocated four miles south of town at 72777 185th Street on Lake Jennie

C

residence

 

none

wood

none

45.014832,-94.301684

5/09

Dassel

Great Northern

relocated to 651 Parker Avenue West

C

museum

1913

none

  wood

none

depot from Cokato labelled Dassel. Became The Old Depot Railroad Museum in 1985

5/07

Eden Valley

SOO Line

relocated to Grand Depot Shops at 8318 Minnesota 23 (at Interstate 94) in Stearns County

C

restaurant

1913

none

wood

none

 

 

Grove City

Great Northern

relocated to County Road 39/20 just north of 395 Street, where Meeker, Stearns, and Kandiyohi counties meet

C

residence

 1908

none

wood

none

 

8/07

Litchfield

Burlington Northern (Great Northern)

on site on Sibley Avenue South between West Depot and West Darwin Streets

C

rr

 

in use

wood

BNSF

originally at Benson, sided. When GN depot was razed in 1985, the station from Benson was moved here.              45.125937, -94.529167

10/08

Litchfield

Great Northern

19871 612th Avenue

C

residence

 

none

wood

none

The old Litchfield depot was cut into two and both parts moved into town to be used as houses. One later when to the lake as a cabin on 612th Avenue, the other was moved to North Marshall Street and never moved again.                      45.035675, -94.539993

 

Litchfield

Great Northern

212 North Marshall Street

C

residence

 

none

wood

none

The old Litchfield depot was cut into two and both parts moved into town to be used as houses. One later when to the lake as a cabin on 612th Avenue, the other was moved to North Marshall Street and never moved again.                45.128053, -94.526370

 

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Bill Holdsworth and Elizabeth Guenzler, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

Last Updated 3/10/24

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