GEAUGA COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Current
Use
Date
Built
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Aultman
(Greentown)
Century Village, 14653 East Park Street, Burton P Museum 1878 None Wood
Middlefield South State Street & Sperry Street C Civic ???? Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Burton
STATION
This station was on the north side of Burton-Windsor Road. The station was on the west side of the tracks (GPS: 41.489308,-81.100988). Not sure if the two buildings in the photos are the same.
Center Road This flag stop station was on the west side of Claridon-Troy Road, on the north side of the tracks. This is in the north central part of Claridon Township. Maps from 1900 show a depot here. (GPS: 41.561051,-81.144097)
Chardon This combination station was at the end of Court Street where it ended at the tracks west of Washington St. This station may have been built by the P&W, a predecessor of the B&O. Sanborn maps showed no seperate freight station here.
East Claridon  
Geauga Lake The original Geauga Lake station was built in 1885 (per the date on the building itself).
Geauga Lake This station was on Depot Rd./Lake Drive near the service entrance to Six Flags Amusement Park. This station replaced original two-story wooden Erie station (listed above). The station was stucco and sat abandoned for years until its demolition in early 2003. (GPS: 41.352821,-81.370985)
1898 GEAUGA COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Aultman (B&O) - Moved from Aultman, OH in Stark County in November 1967.

Middlefield (B&O) - Moved about 100 ft. from orig. location. Now chamber of commerce.