SHELBY COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad 		Current
Location		 Type Current
Use		 Date
Built		 Track
Status		 Building
Material		 More
Info
Anna 514 West Main (SR 119) P Private ???? None Wood
Jackson Center Near Springfield in Clark Co. C Private 1893 None Wood
Sidney 900 Chestnut Ave. at Lincoln Street P Society 1923 In Use Brick  
Sidney North Street & West Avenue F Vacant ???? Aband. Wood  
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name		 Original
Railroad		 Notes
Botkins  
Dawson
Houston
Kirkwood Torn down in 1993 and the wood was burned. The station was located just a few houses from the CSX right-of-way. This building was given to the station agent upon his retirement in 1954 and moved to his
yard a few doors west of the railroad.
Maplewood
Sidney The Bellefontaine and Indianapolis RR (later the CCC&I, later still part of the CCC&ST.L) was completed through Shelby Co. in July 1853. The station was constructed around that same time. It sat on the south side of West North Street between Walnut and West Avenues. The freight station was on the north side of West North Street (it still stands, see above). The "old main" made a significant descent into the Great Miami River valley and was relocated south of Sidney during 1922-1925. The old depot was subsequently retired and removed sometime after 1924. After the cut off was complete, the line east of downtown was abandoned, and trains called at the newly-built passenger station which exists today.
Sidney The passenger station was north of West Court Street and the freight station was south of West Court Street.
Sidney This new station was built to replace the original D&M station around 1900. It was built in the same location.
1898 SHELBY COUNTY RAILROAD MAP
Notes About Existing Stations...

Anna (CH&D) - Has been a private residence since 1952. The bay window still is there and if you look closely at the structure, you can tell the design was that of a way station, but that is about all. The owner said it had huge wooden beams in the attic and basement that made that part of the residence much stronger than the addition. The current owners moved into the house in 1952, and said the structure had been occupied for six months prior by a renter. Given this information, I'm guessing the structure was moved in 1951, added on, and opened for residency in 1952. --Daniel Meckstroth .

Jackson Center (Ohio Southern) - This station was moved from Jackson Center, in Shelby County, by a private individual in the 1970s. It was restored and maintained in near original condition some 40 miles from its prior location. It features the distinctive 1920 style of Henry Ford when he owned the D T & I railroad and selected gray as the station color and with large signs. A very good example of Ford influence on the railroads under his ownership in that era. - Scott Trostel .