MEEKER COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		Current
Location		 Type Date
Built		 Current
Use		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Cokato
(Dassel)		 Old Depot Museum at 651 Parker Avenue West (US 12) in Dassel. C 1913 Museum None Wood
cosmos 540 Milky Way Boulevard F ???? Storage Gone Metal  
darwin Corner of North 1st and William Streets near water tower. C ???? Museum None Wood
Eden Valley Off I-94/S.R.23, SW of St. Cloud C ???? Vacant None Wood
grove city Moved to CR 39/20 just north of 395th Street (in the very NW corner of Union Grove Township) C ???? Residence None Wood
litchfield Sibley Avenue South between West Depot and West Darwin Streets C ???? Railroad In Use Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Cedar Mills  
Corvuso  
Dassel According to 1897 maps, the original Dassel depot was located on Pacific Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets. The station pictured may have been the second depot in Dassel replacing a smaller structure.
Litchfield  
Watkins This station was on the west side of Meeker Avenue (which used to cross the tracks). It sat between the main tracks and the siding.
1898 MEEKER COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Cokato (Great Northern) - Moved from Cokato in Wright County to the Old Depot Railroad Museum in Dassel in 1985.

Darwin (Great Northern) - The original location of this depot was on the west side of 1st Street on the north side of the tracks.

Eden Valley (Soo Line) - Moved to St. Cloud in Stearns County. The original location of this depot was on the west side of State Street in Eden Valley.

Grove City (Great Northern) - The original location of this station (according to an 1897 map) was on Atlantic Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets. Valley.