ST. LOUIS COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
biwabik ???? C ???? Civic In Use Concrete  
brookston Moved to 3rd Avenue and 2nd Street South C 1911 Storage None Wood  
Duluth Corner of W. Michigan Street and 5th Avenue West. P 1892 Civic In Use Brick
ely ???? C ???? Business Gone Wood  
Endion
(Duluth)
East side of Interstate 35 at Lake Place Dr. and Canal Park Dr. on the waterfront. P 1899 Business None Brick
eveleth Cedar Street (South side of CR-101 between CR-141 and CR-142) P ???? Business Gone Stucco  
eveleth About 50 yards west of the passenger station across Industrial Drive F ???? Residence Gone Wood  
floodwood Moved to ???? C ???? Civic None Brick/
Stucco
forbes ???? C ???? Vacant In Use Wood  
hibbing 19th Street (Industrial Street) and 4th Avenue East P 1903 ???? In Use Wood  
orr Along US 53 (where exactly?) C ???? Business None Wood  
tower 404 Pine Street C 1915 Museum Gone Wood/
Stucco
 
twig ???? C ???? Railroad In Use Metal  
virginia 600 Chestnut Street C 1913 Bank Gone Brick
wilpen Moved to Ironworld Discovery Center at 801 US 169 SW in Chisholm C 1915 Museum In Use Wood
winton 204 Main Street C ???? Post Office None Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Adolph  
Alborn  
Alborn  
Allen Junction Allen Junction was south of Allen Station.
Alice  
Alvina  
Angora  
Arbutus  
Arlberg  
Arthur  
Ash lake  
Aurora  
Baden  
Baden  
Bailey  
Barclay Junction This was just south of Chisholm
Bartlett  
Bengal  
Birch  
Birch  
Biwabik  
Biwabik  
Breda
(Brida)
 
Brevator This station was 11 miles NW of Cloquet in Section 17/18 of Brevator Township.
Brewer  
Brimson  
Britt  
Britt The original station.
Brooklyn  
Brookston  
Buhl  
Burnett  
Calyx This place no longer exists. It can be seen on maps from 1914. It was located between Sand Lake and Coon Lake, just to the NW of Silica.
Casco  
Central Lakes  
Chisholm  
Clapper  
Clifton  
Colby  
Congo This station was at the northern end of Maki Road, just east of Paupore on the GN.
Cook
(Ashawa)
The town changed its name to Cook to avoid confusion with Oshawa, MN.
Culver  
Cusson  
Darrow This station was south of Frederick (see below). It was in the vicinity of CR-442 (Township 56 North, Range 20 West, Section 31)
Davis Both the D&IR and DM&N went through here.
Dewey Lake  
Denham lake  
Draco This station was between Nagonad and Brevator on the St. Louis River (in Section 22 of Brevator Township).
duluth  
duluth  
Duluth
(W. Duluth)
This station was on Central Avenue and was torn down in 1961.
duluth This Lake Superior & Mississippi RRfreight station was located at 3rd Avenue East and Michigan Street.
duluth This is the first Union Station. The Spalding Hotel is in the background of the photo.
Duluth  
Duluth
(W. Duluth)
 
Dumblane  
Eagles Nest  
Elcor
(Elba)
 
Ellsmere  
Elsdon This was the next station north of Cusson.
Embarrass  
Fairbanks
(Bassett Lake)
 
Fens
(Dibbell)
Fens is the name of this location on modern maps.
Fermoy  
fond du lac
(Duluth)
Not sure which RR built this depot. Is this the same station as those listed below??
Fond Du Lac
(Duluth)
This is an NP station, but not sure of its vintage. Is this the same as the stations listed above and/or below?
Fond du lac
(Duluth)
According to a Duluth Herald article by Jack D. Shipley (published Jan. 6, 1981), this Lake Superior & Mississippi RR station was built in 1870 and was moved from elsewhere to 13308 W. Third St. It served as a duplex and then become a restaurant around 1929. It served as The Olde Depot Inn restaurant until 1985. Does anyone know if it is still standing?
Forbes This station predated the existing station.
Forsman  
Franklin  
Fraser
(Exmoor)
 
Frederick This station was just south of Riley. The location no longer exists. It was in Township 56 North, Range 20 West, Section 18.
French River  
Gheen  
Gilbert  
Glendale  
Gowan  
Grand Lake  
Haley  
Harris Lake Eight miles SW of Fairbanks.
hibbing This station was located in the old town of Hibbing before the town was moved in the early 1920s due to encroaching mines. The station was demolished rather than moved and a new station was built at the new site. The first station in Hibbing was a converted boxcar.
Hinsdale  
Holter Trimble This was NE of Mesaba in Section 11.
Hornby  
Hornby Junction This station was eight miles south of Hornby. This was a junction of the D&IR and the D&NE.
Hutter This was somewhere in the west part of Biwabik Township.
Idington  
Iron AKA Iron Junction.
Island  
Jones  
Keenan  
Kelly Lake  
Kelsey  
Kerr  
Kinmount  
Kirk  
Kitzville  
Lakeside  
Lakewood  
Leander  
Leighton This station was in Township 56 North, Range 21 West, Section 9.
Lester Park
(Lakeview)
This location is called "Lakeview" on maps from the early 1900s. The station was near 60th Avenue East and East Superior Street.
Lucknow  
Lynwood
(Stuart)
This was in Township 56 North, Range 21 West, Section 29.
Macon Macon was west of Wolf on the NW side of Silver Lake.
Maney  
Mc Comber  
Mc Kinley  
Meadowlands  
MerritT Now part of Biwabik, this was on the western shore of Emabarrass Lake.
Mesaba  
Mirbat This station was five miles SE of Floodwood.
Mitchell  
morgan park This station was on Spirit Lake. It was demolished in 1925.
Mountain Iron  
Mountain Iron This was the first station built at Mountain Iron. The photo is from 1893.
Munger  
Munger  
Murray  
Nagonab This station was between Draco and Cloquet on the St. Louis River on the south edge (Section 34) of Brevator Township.
Nopeming  
Onega  
Orr This was the first station built at Orr.
Palmers  
Paupores  
Payne  
Payne  
Peary  
PetTit  
proctor Formerly known as Proctor Knott.
Prosit
(Hemlock)
 
Putnam  
Reno  
Rice River This was the next station north of Britt.
Ridge  
Riley  
Rivers  
Robinson  
Rollins  
Saginaw The Duluth & Northeastern RR also ran through this town (north/south, with the DM&N running east/west). That line was removed in 1926 and probably did not have a station.
Sax
(Wallace)
Some sources list these as two separate locations, but Sax (or Saxe) appears to be the current name of the location that used to be known as Wallace.
Scott  
Shaw  
Shenango This was two miles SE of Chisholm.
Sherwood  
Silica  
Silver Lake This may be the same station that was also known as Macon (which was was west of Wolf on the NW side of Silver Lake).
Simar  
Sims This was in Township 56 North, Range 21 West, Section 16.
Skibo
(Norman)
 
sparta  
Soudan
(Tower Jct.)
 
Sparta  
Spruce  
Summit  
Taber This station was six miles SE of Angora.
Taft The original station.
Taft The newer station.
Toivola Station This station was at the west end of Arkola Road.
Tower This was the first station at Tower, constructed in 1885. This was the first station built on the D&IR.
Twig  
virginia  
Virginia  
Virginia  
Wahlsten  
Wallace  
Walsh This was two stations north of Wahlsten, between Rivers and Tower Junction.
Whiteface  
Wolf  
Wyman
(Allen Station)
Now called Wyman, this was previously known as Allen Station (which is different from, and north of Allen Junction)
Zim  
1898 ST. LOUIS COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Duluth (Union Station) - See the Duluth Depot site for more information. The train sheds were removed in 1924.

Endion (DM&IR) - Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Moved from its former location at South Street & 15th Ave East in 1985 due to the extension of Interstate 35.

Virginia (DW&P) - The first building to occupy this site library that was built in 1905. The city built a new library in 1913 and sold the building to the railroad. The CN railroad moved the library building built this Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific Railway station. The depot was used by the railroad until the late 1950's when it was converted to a bank. 

Wilpen (DM&IR) - Station moved from Wilpen to Chisholm. Now labeled "Glen Depot."