STEARNS COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Date Built	Current Use	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Albany		Stearns County Pioneer Club on 360th Street between MN-238 and CR-10.	C	1888	Club	None	Wood
burtrum (Todd Co.)		Part of an antique complex off CR-65 between Sauk Center and Melrose (Stearns County). 36079 County Road 65, Sauk Centre. (GPS: 45.69149663125741,-94.8634859919548)	C	????	Museum	None	Wood
cold spring		Hennen Tire Service on MN-23 at 5th Avenue (on the NW corner).	C	????	????	None	Wood
collegeville		Near the intersection of Collegeville and Old Collegeville Road on what is now the bikepath.	C	????	Residence	None	Wood
eden valley		Off I-94/S.R.23, SW of St. Cloud	C	????	Vacant	None	Wood
freeport		In an alley near East Main (CR-157) and 6th Avenue NE	C	????	Vacant	None	Wood
paynesville Station		Somewhere on the Rice Lake shore	C	1890	Cottage	None	Wood
richmond		On the west side of town north of the water treatment plant. What street is this on?	C	1890	Storage	None	Wood
St. Cloud		1715 Breckenridge Ave. (off 5 1/2 Street North).	C	1899	Railroad	In Use	Stone
st. joseph		????	C	????	????	????	????
sauk center (Part 1)		Half of station moved to farm northeast of town, 2 miles north of S.R. 28 at 11968 CR-15 in Todd County.	C	????	Storage	None	Wood
Sauk Center (part 2)		Half of station moved to Little Sauk, 1 block east of US 71 on CR-6 and 1 block south at 15763 221st. Avenue.	C	????	Business	None	Wood
Sauk center		In a park at Park Drive and North Main Street.	C	????	Business	None	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Avon		This station was on the east side of Avon Avenue. There now appears to be a pavilion at this location.
Belgrade		This station was between Washburn and Martin Avenues on the south side of the tracks.
Brooten		This depot was on Railway Avenue between Central and Pleasant.
Elrosa
Georgeville
Greenwald
Holdingford
Kimball Prairie		This station was on the west side of the southern end of Elm Street.
Melrose		This station was on the west side of South 4th Avenue East. It was torn down and used for lumber.
new munich
New Paynesville		This station was on the east side of Washburn Avenue. Old Paynesville was annexed to New Paynesville in 1904 (when the "Old" and "New" distinctions disappeared).
O'Brien Station		This station was in the SW corner of Section 17 in St. Cloud Township. It was along the GN, just to the SE of Waite Park. There were several spurs near the station that led to nearby granite quarries.
Rockville		In 1896, the first station here was just to the NE of the north end of Elm Street. The station closed in 1952.
Roscoe (Zion)
Sauk Center		This appears to be an older station that predated the one that still exists.
St. Augusta
Stiles		This station was on the western edge of Section 11 of Ashley Township west of Sauk Center on the NP.
1898 STEARNS COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Albany (GN) - The original location of the station was on Church Avenue east of 5th Street. It was on the south side of the tracks. Cold Spring (GN) - Building has been heavily modified. Eden Valley (Soo Line) - Moved here from Eden Valley in Meeker County. The original location of this depot was on the west side of State Street in Eden Valley. Freeport (GN) - The original location of this station was about a block east of 1st Avenue. Paynesville Station (GN) - This depot was located on the SW side of Desmond Drive (formerly 4th Street). Richmond (GN) - This station was originally located on the east side of St. Francis Street. (What is this street called now?) Sauk Center (GN) - This station was originally located on the NW side of Grove Lake Avenue. St. Joseph (GN) - This station was originally located on College Avenue North.