Stearns County, Minnesota

City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

Field Checked

Albany

Great Northern

relocated to Stearns County Pioneer Club at 21565 360th Street

C

model rr club

1888

none

wood

none

Central Minnesota Model Railway Club.  Original location of the station was on Church Avenue east of 5th Street. Station was moved to Pioneer Grounds in 1972.

10/08

Cold Spring

Great Northern

relocated to Minnesota 23 at 5th Avenue

C

business?

 

none

wood

none

modified. 45.452844, -94.430868

7/03

Collegeville

Great Northern

12356 Old Collegeville Road, St. Joseph

C

residence

 1879

gone

wood

none

45.594257, -94.363583

10/08

Eden Valley

Soo Line

moved to 8318 Minnesota 23 (at Interstate 94), southwest of St. Cloud

C

  business

1913 

none

wood

none

depot is second floor of building

8/10

Freeport

Great Northern

relocated to East Main Street (County Road 157)/6th Avenue NE, in alley

C

vacant residence

 

none

wood

none

 

9/08

Melrose

Northern Pacific

relocated three miles northwest of town at 36077 County Road  65 (West Riverside Avenue) in Sauk Centre

C

display

 

none

wood

none

depot from Burtrum (Todd County).  Part of an antique complex.

9/08

Richmond

Great Northern

relocated at west edge of town, just north of water treatment plant

C

storage at residence

1900

none

wood

none

modified. 45.452214, -94.525305

10/08

St. Cloud

Great Northern

1715 Breckenridge Avenue

P

rr

1899

in use

stone

BNSF

45.561872, -94.177230

10/07

St. Cloud

Great Northern

 

B

rr

 

in use

steel

BNSF/Northern Lines

 

10/07

St. Cloud

Soo Line

relocated to 8318 Minnesota 23 (at Interstate 94)

C

  business

1913 

none

wood

none

depot from Eden Valley

8/10

Sauk Center

Great Northern

cut in half and relocated: one part to farm at 11968 County Road 15 in  Todd County; the other half relocated to Little Sauk at 15763 221st Avenue

C

storage/shop

 1892

none

wood

none

modified. Station was originally located on northwest side of Grove Lake Avenue. Two brothers bought the station, sawed it in half to re-puprose each part on their respective properties.

5/06

Sauk Center

Northern Pacific

relocated to 109 Main Street South

C

business

 1884

gone

wood

none

covered with tin

9/08

Waite Park

Great Northern

on site

Sh

business

 

gone

brick

none

45.739012, -94.95147

10/07

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

Last Updated 3/16/24

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