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| EXISTING STATIONS | ||||||||
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| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Current Location |
Type | Current Use |
Date Built |
Track Status |
Building Material |
More Info |
| Aurora |  |
13 New Hudson Road (GPS: 41.316787,-81.333286) |
P | Business | ???? | Aband | Wood | |
| Diamond |  |
South side of Tallmadge Road (CR 18) at Universal Drive (GPS: 41.098566,-81.02233) |
P | Vacant | ???? | Gone | Wood | |
| Kent |  |
North side of Stow Street (GPS: 41.150455,-81.361383) |
P | Railroad | 1905 | In Use | Wood | |
| Kent |  |
South side of West Main Street (GPS: 41.152974,-81.372868) |
P | Business | 1882 | In Use | Wood | |
| Kent |  |
152 Franklin Avenue (GPS: 41.15296,-81.359229) |
P | Business | 1875 | In Use | Brick |
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| Mantua | |
10636 Main Street (GPS: 41.281286,-81.223981) |
C | Business | ???? | Gone | Wood | |
| STATIONS OF THE PAST | ||||||||
| Station Name |
Original Railroad |
Notes | ||||||
| Atwater |
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The station was at the north end of Depot Street on the west side of the tracks (GPS: 41.024743,-81.164203). | ||||||
| Brimfield |  |
This station was on the south side of Tallmadge Road (CR-18) on the west side of the tracks (GPS: 41.100052,-81.370465). | ||||||
| DeerfielD Station | |
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| Earlville |
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The illustration is from a Portage County atlas from 1874 showing the first station at Earlville. The engine in the illustration reads "A&KJ RR" (The C&P began trains through the area in 1851). This station probably sat in the vicinity of the Rusty Nail Restaurant and SR-43. | ||||||
| Earlville |
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The later C&P station sat on the east side of SR-43 (in the gully between SR-43 and Diagonal Road). | ||||||
| Freedom Station | |
This depot was on the north side of the tracks on the east side of Freedom Road near Nichols Road (GPS: 41.20546,-81.147506). | ||||||
| Garretsville | |
This station was on the south side of the tracks on the northwest side of Freedom Street (GPS: 41.282009,-81.101562). | ||||||
| Garretsville | |
The freight station, which was located on the north side of the tracks off Freedom Street (GPS: 41.282191,-81.101603), was sold at auction in the summer of 2009 and was dismantled. The dismantled building is now for sale and it may be rebuilt at another location in the future. | ||||||
| Hiram Station | |
This station was on the east side of Burton-Limaville Road (SR-700) on the north side of the tracks (GPS: 41.277071,-81.144773). Hiram Station was also known as Caton P.O. | ||||||
| Kent | |
The freight station sat just to the south of the passenger station along Franklin Ave.. | ||||||
| Kent |  |
Before the B&O built the existing passenger station in 1905, the P&W had a small passenger station on the east bank of the Cuyahoga river just south of the Main Street bridge. This station sat "below" and just to the north of the Erie station and overlooked the dam. Old maps show a staircase leading down to the station from the Main Street bridge. Judging from the photo, this station may have been a recycled boxcar or caboose. | ||||||
| Kent | |
There was a freight station about 100 yards south of the existing passenger station (toward Stow Street). | ||||||
| Kent | |
This freight station was on the south side of Stow Street (GPS: 41.14972,-81.36226). It was torn down by CSX on December 10, 2010. | ||||||
| Mahoning | |
This station was on the west side of Windham-Parkman Road on the east side of the tracks (GPS: 41.262134,-81.049334). There was a station here as early as 1874 when the line was the Cleveland & Mahoning Railway. | ||||||
| Mishler | |
This station was on Mishler Road (County Highway 4) north of Manning Road. It was where Mishler road curves from north to northwest. The station was on the east side of the tracks (GPS: 40.999929,-81.361384). There was a pickle factory, elevator and school near this location at one time, but all is gone now as the area is residential/rural. | ||||||
| Moran (Streetsboro) |
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May have been built by the Connotton Valley Railway. This location was also known as Jesse. The station was ont he south side of Aurora-Hudson Road on the east side of the tracks (GPS: 41.263372,-81.389696). | ||||||
| Newport (Wayland) |
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This station was on the old main line. It was on the west side of Wayland Road on the north side of the tracks (GPS: 41.160648,-81.071449). | ||||||
| North Benton Station | |
North Benton Station was just north of North Benton in Portage County. | ||||||
| Ravenna |
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This combination station was on the east side of South Chestnut Street south of Hazen Street. It was on the north side of the main line. It burned down in 1952. | ||||||
| Ravenna | |
Built in the mid 1860s, this station was on the SW side of Cleveland Road near the intersection with Lincoln Avenue. A freight house was diagonally east across the tracks on a siding. By the 1940s the freight station was used by the Farm Bureau Cooperative. | ||||||
| Ravenna |
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The passenger station was about 250 feet north of Main Street, west of North Sycamore Street. The freight station was about 150 feet NW of the passenger station. Both were built around 1889. Before that, there was a frame combination station at this same location. | ||||||
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Rootstown (NEW MILFORD) |
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The "Rootstown" PRR station was actually in New Milford. It was on the east side of Hattrick Road on the south side of the tracks (GPS: 41.104965,-81.213942). | ||||||
| Suffield | |
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| Windham | |
The station was on the east side of Main Street on the north side of the tracks (just south of where the high school is today) (GPS: 41.231037,-81.048777). | ||||||
| 1898 PORTAGE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP | ||||||||
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| Notes About Existing
Stations... Kent (A&GW) - Restored in 1976. |
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