BUTLER COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Current Use	Date Built	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Hamilton		MLK Jr. Hwy. along SR127	P	Railroad	????	In Use	Brick
Hamilton		Maple Ave. between 8th and 9th Streets.	F	Business	1870	In Use	Brick
Lindenwald (Hamilton)		Williams & Zimmerman	C	House	????	Gone	Wood
Middletown		25 Charles St. near SR 122	C	Business	1909	In Use	Brick
Oakland		995 North Main, Monroe.	C	Business	????	In Use	Brick
Seven Mile		Along Hamilton-Eaton Rd. in a pasture	P	????	????	None	Wood
West Middletown (Heno)		Near CSX Toledo Subdivision Main	F	Business	????	In Use	Brick
Woods (Riley Twp.)		South side of Law Rd. near track.	P	Residence	1871	In Use	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Amanda
Busenbank
Carlisle	AND	From the look of this building, it appears that it sat at the junction of the CH&D and Cincinnati Northern. Can anyone confirm/deny that?
College Corner		The station for College Corner most likely sat on the Indiana side of the state line.
Collinsville
Crescentville
Excello
Fairsmith
Flockton
Gano
Hamilton		Originally, a smaller freight station was located on the south side of Canal Street (now Maple St.) near 4th Street. A larger freight station was later constructed near the same location which was shared by the B&O and C&IW railroads. A large CH&D freight house was also located southeast of the passenger station off 6th Street.
Hamilton		Built in 1889 by the PRR and torn down by the NS in 1991. It was located on South 7th St., just a block away from the freight station at East & Maple.
Hanover
Hughes
Kyles
LEsourdsville
McDonald		McDonald was between Oxford and College Corner.
McGonigle		This is a photo of the Phillip McGonigle residence which also served as the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis railroad station for this small town. McGonigle was contracted by the RR to build a mile of the line and the town sprang up around this house/station.
Maud (Maudville)		This station was on the south side of Tylersville Road (fromerly Mason Pike), on the east side of the tracks.
Middletown		Built in 1872 by the Cincinnati & Springfield (later CCC&I), this was the first depot and it included a ticket office and freight warehouse. It was located at the track crossing on Third Street (which is now called Central Avenue). The station burned on March 12, 1884. Another depot was then built at this same location and remained in service until the Charles Street station went into service in 1909. The "Beeline" later became part of the Big Four. The old horse car in the picture used a set of tracks that ended in front of the depot.
MIddletown		This station was on Central Avenue (formerly Third Street) and in service from 1884-1909. See notes for station above. The freight station was on the same side of the tracks, but on Second Street.
middletown		Built in 1892, the M&C was a 14-mile line that ran from Middletown to Middletown Junction in Warren County where is connected with the Little Miami Railroad. The M&C combination station in Middletown was located on South Clinton Street near the intersection with Canal Street. In 1902 it was bought by, and merged into, the Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern railroad. Sometime between 1912-1920 the CL&N demolished the original station, extended the tracks northward one block and built a new station on the southeast corner of South Clinton Street and 4th Street (now 1st Avenue). This station was just four buildings to the west of the old Carnegie Library. Four sets of tracks ended at the back of the station with a long freight station running parallel to the eastern most track.
Middletown		Although the main station was in West Middletown (Hano), the CH&D did have a small station on the south side of East 4th Street (now 1st Avenue) where the CH&D paralleled the CCC&St.L. Sometime between 1912 and 1920 the B&O built a larger combination station at this location which saw freight-only service in its later years.
Monroe Sta. (Lemon)
Muhlhauser
Ogleton
Okeana		The Okeana depot was dismantled in 1950 and the lumber was used for a home.
Overpeck		The original station in 1875 was also the residence and blacksmith shop of J. E. Overpeck.
Overpeck
Oxford		This station, built in 1895, was on S. Elm and W. Spring St. It was on the National Register of Historic Places, but was torn down in 1994.
Oxford		This was the original passenger station that sat on the SW corner at the intersection of West Collins and South Elm. It was built around 1860. After the new brick station was built in 1895, it served as the freight station.
Poast Town		This station was located on the west side of Middletown road, on the north side of the tracks.
Port Union
Rialto
Schenck
Shandon		This C&O depot was dismantled about 1955 and the lumber may have been used to build a home. The first depot in Shandon was built in 1903 for the Cincinnati, Richmond and Muncie Railroad. The first passenger train to arrive was in February 1904. In April 1907 service began between Cincinnati and Chicago. By 1908 it was known as the Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville Railroad. The depot caught fire in April 1910 from a passing freight engine, but it was rebuilt. It became the Chesapeake and Ohio July 2, 1910 until the original depot was dismantled.
Somerville		The original railroad through here was the Eaton & Hamilton which later become part of the PCC&St.L (PRR). The station was on the south side of Mill Street, on the east side of the tracks.
Stockton (JOnes STA.)
Trenton		This station was located on Railroad Street (which is now called Baltimore Ave.) near Center Street.
West Chester		According to maps from 1914, this station was east of town on the main road that went to the SE (not sure what that road is today).
West Middletown (HENO)		This is the original West Middletown CH&D station. West Middletown was formerly known as Heno. Although it was located across the river in Madison Twp., it was known as the "Middletown" depot on the CH&D after the name Heno was discontinued. This photo is from circa 1881. This station was later replaced by newer freight and passenger stations.
Woods		This station was where Law Road used to cross the tracks between Garver-Elliot and Stillwell-Beckett Roads.
Woodsdale
1898 BUTLER COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Hamilton (CH&D) - Used by Amtrak, includes a B&O-era addition. Hamilton (PRR) - Located at Cohen Scrap and surrounded by fence. Last passenger train 1971. Brick has date built inscribed as 1870. Lindenwald (CH&D) - Lindenwald was not originally part of Hamilton and had its own station. When the town grew the station in town was used and this small station closed. The story goes that a railroad officer bought the station when it closed and had it moved across the road (Zimmerman Ave.) and turned to face Williams Ave and lived in it. Middletown (CCC&St.L) - Station discontinued passenger service in early 60's and was sold shortly thereafter. Station is restored/maintained brick with tile roof and wood trim and millwork. Gift Shop owner is knowledgeable about history of structure both as RR facility and as commercial property and is about preceding wood station destroyed by fire. Historic pictures of current structure in gift shop. Gift Shop is Whistle Stop Shop (513) 424-1909. Oakland (CCC&St.L) - Now a dance academy. Seven Mile (PRR) - Can someone confirm if this is in fact the PRR station from Seven Mile and provide a more specific location/photo? The original location of the Seven Mile PRR station was on the north side of West Ritter Street. West Middletown (CH&D) - Served as passenger station until a new passenger station was built. Woods (CH&D) - Law road was closed off at Wood Station in 1995. This was due to lack of repair funds needed to keep the crossing in good condition. The station agent was George W. Gardner who had built the station and residence there. There were two daily eastbound and two daily westbound stops there. Riley Township relied on the station for supplies and transportation of livestock and agriculture to Cincinnati. --Robert Gardner