Mississippi railroad station and structure information page 5

? after structure indicates current status unknown.

CANTON to KOSCIUSKO Originally Canton, Kosciusko, Aberdeen & Tuscumbia Railroad Formerly New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad Currently abandoned (Rail was never laid on this line)
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
Chartered March 3, 1852. Charter transferred to NO J & GN October 19, 1852
	Canton
	Cobbville
	Tithelo
	Couparle
	Kosciusko

ABERDEEN JCT. to KOSCIUSKO Originally New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad (1874 – 1877) Formerly Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans Railroad (1877 – 1882) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1882 – 1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf RR (1972 – 1998) Formerly Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway (1998 – 2015) Currently Grenada Railway (2015 – )
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	0.00	Aberdeen Jct	Original location. Formerly known as Kosciusko Jct.
0+00	0.20	Aberdeen Jct	Current location.	Tower – no longer exists Telephone booth – exists, lying on side 2006 outhouse – no longer exists
12+50	0.48	IC Wye
39+64	1.00
	1.19	Alberts
85+19	1.86		Big Black River. Holmes/Attala county line
92+64	2.0
144+24	2.97	Boyette		depot/post office – no longer exists
145+73	3.00
354+58	6.9	Sallis		section house – no longer exists stock pen – no longer exists two sheds – no longer exists two water closets – no longer exists cotton platform – no longer exists depot – no longer exists two cotton oil sheds – no longer exists tool house – no longer exists scrap bin – no longer exists well – ?
357+44	7.00
587+60	11.42	McAdams		storage house – no longer exists mail crane – no longer exists raised platform – no longer exists
	11.91	MP&L
735+13	14.13	Thweatt
890+91	17.27	Aponaug
	17.53			section house – no longer exists
959+39	18.41	Kosciusko		depot – burned 1986 tool house – burned 1986 auto unloading machine – no longer exists ware room – foundation exists 2002 stock pen & dipping vat – no longer exists coal bin – no longer exists coal shed – no longer exists water closet – no longer exists two section houses – no longer exists two sheds – foundation exists 2002 storage room – no longer exists
KOSCIUSKO to MUNSON’S CROSSING Originally Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad (1882 – 1888) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 – 1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf RR (1972 – 1998) Formerly Kosciusko & Southwestern Railway (1998 – 2015) Currently Grenada Railway (2015 – )
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
947+69	18.65			K&SE roundhouse – no longer exists
990+10	18.93	K&SE Jct
1039+21		Gulf Oil Spur
1105+79	21.14	Munsons Crossing
MUNSON’S CROSSING to ACKERMAN Originally Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad (1882 – 1888) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 – 1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf RR (1972 – 1982) Currently abandoned
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
1236+61	23.61	Plantation		depot – ?
1389+75	26.51			Water tank – ? Coal bin – ? Pump house – ?
1418+54	27.05	Ethel		depot – no longer exists Cotton Shed – ? Two sheds – ? Stock Pen – ? Cotton platform – ? Coal House – ? Two section houses – ?
	28	Gregory
	30.57	Gladys		depot – ?
		Shelley
	33.40	Boswell		depot – ?
	36.21	McCool		four seed houses – ? warehouse – ? cotton platform – ? depot – ? coal shed – ? section house – ? stock pen – ? two water closets – ? tool house – ?
	36.51			laborers house (boxcar body) – ?
	37.89	Steele		depot – ?
	42.33	Weir		stock pen – ? four sheds – ? cotton platform – ? depot – ? coal shed – ? section foremans house & laborers house (on Bowie St south of tracks) – ?
	Fentress to Aberdeen = Gulf & Mississippi RR
	46.91	Fentress		two section houses – ? depot – ? tool house – ?
	49.00			water tank – ? pump house – ? coal bin – ?
ACKERMAN to WEST POINT Originally Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad (1882 – 1888) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 – 1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf RR (1972 – 1984) Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad (1985 – 1988) Formerly SouthRail (Mid-South Rail) (1988 – 1994) Formerly Kansas City Southern Railroad (1994 – 2020) Currently Mississippi Southern Railroad (Watco) (2020 – )
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	49.48	N O M & C RR Jct		two tool houses – no longer exist
	50.22	Ackerman		car body – no longer exists coal chute – no longer exists 66 ft turntable – no longer exists Planters Mill & Gin building – no longer exists Union Seed & Fertilizer buildings (3) – no longer exists unknown building – ? 118 ft long depot – ? cotton platform – ? car repairers house – ? tool house – ? Gibson Grocery building – no longer exists stable – ? Standard Oil buildings (5) – ? section house – ? laborers house – ? two tool houses – ? stock pen – ? water tank – no longer exists
	51.00	Tuscan
	51.22	Blanton’s Gap
	54.34	Fulcher	Pagoda – ?
		Cannon
	58.17			water tank – ? oil tank – ? pump house – ? tool house – ?
	58.67	Sturgis (Sturges)		two section houses – ? stock pen – ? cotton platform – ? tool house – ? train order semaphore – ? depot – ? three storage sheds – ?
		Brooks Spur
	62.09	Bugh		platform – ?
	63.51	Bradley		stock pen – ? cotton platform – ? depot – ?
		Cooks	May be out of sequence or another name for one of the other stations.
		Magruder
	66.28	Seitz Mill
	67.51	Longview		cotton platform – ? coal house – ? freight platform – ? depot – ?
	74.89	Starkville		section house (Washington St) – ? section house (Lafayette St) – ? cotton platform – ? stock pen – ? brick freight depot 289×123 1914 – still standing 2017 depot w/brick platform – still standing 2017 two water closets – ?
	74.90	M&O RR Jct		coal bin – no longer exists
	77.95	Patrick		depot – ?
	81.75	Osborn		stock pen – ? depot – ? two section houses – ? well – ? tool house – ?
	84.04	Muldrow		depot – ?
WEST POINT to ABERDEEN Originally Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad (1882 – 1888) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 – 1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf RR (1972 – 1984 ) Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad (1985 – 1988) Formerly SouthRail (Mid-South Rail) (1988 – 1994) Currently Kansas City Southern Railroad (1994 – )
	87.5	CG Jct.		New C&G main
	88.52	Southern Jct		C & G track no longer exists
	88.82	West Point		water tank – no longer exists turntable – no longer exists stock pen – no longer exists tool house – no longer exists inspectors house – ? car house – no longer exists brick depot 28×100 – museum 2017 scale 60 ton 1906 & 57 – no longer exists
	89.18	M&O RR Jct		two section houses – ?
	93.21	Whites		Pagoda – ?
	95.53	Strong		scrap bin – ? tool house – ? loading platform – ? stock pens – ? two section houses – ? depot – ? two sheds – ? coal bin – ?
	99.78	Binford		shed – ? loading platform – ? depot – ?
	105.46	Aberdeen		car wheel yard – ? car repairmans office – ? section foremans tool house – ? two sheds – ? stock pen – ? shed – ? cotton platform – ? brick depot – destroyed by cyclone 1909 frame depot 1909 – replaced 1961 frame depot 58×29 1961 – in use by KCS 2004 motor car house – ? water tank – ? coal station – ?
	105.80	SLSF Jct
	106.00	M&O Jct	current end of track
ABERDEEN Originally Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad (1882 – 1888) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad (1888 – 1972) Formerly Illinois Central Gulf RR (1972 – 1998) Formerly Gulf & Mississippi Railroad (1985 – 1988) Formerly SouthRail (Mid-South Rail) (1988 – 1994) Formerly Kansas City Southern Railroad (1994 – 2010) Currently abandoned
	106.09			concrete cinder pit 1916 – no longer exists coal chute – no longer exists sand house – no longer exists sump – no longer exists pump house – no longer exists 66 ft turntable – replaced 85 foot turntable – no longer exists
	106.17	M&O/SLSF Jct	end of IC ownership
ABERDEEN Originally Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad Currently abandoned
			The roadbed was graded north of Aberdeen to just east of Amory but apparently no rail was ever laid.

OKOLONA to ABERDEEN Originally Memphis & Selma Railroad Formerly Aberdeen & Tombigbee Valley Railroad Formerly Memphis, Columbus & Gulf Railroad Currently abandoned
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	Okolona
	Aberdeen

KOSCIUSKO to ZAMA Originally Kosciusko & Southeastern Railroad (1916 – 1931) Currently abandoned
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
0	Kosciusko		Roundhouse – no longer exists
	Munson
	Evelyn
	Dodds
	Steadman
	Hillingsworth
	Jamison	may be out of sequence
16.3	Zama		Bolinger-Franklin Lbr Co.

OKOLONA to CALHOUN CITY Chartered as Grenada, Houston & Eastern Railway Rechartered as Vicksburg & Nashville Railroad Rechartered as Nashville & Mississippi Delta Railroad – roadbed actually graded Originally Southern Railway In Mississippi Formerly Mobile & Ohio Railroad Formerly Okolona, Houston & Calhoun City Railway (1933 – 1939) Currently abandoned
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
0.0	Okolona
	Kinney
	Abernathy
6.3	Bacon
	Neal
10.0	Van Vleet
	Wilkerson
	Carter	may be out of sequence
14.1	Parkersburg
	Buchanan
19.7	Houston		depot – still in use as private residence 2017
23.8	Hall
26	Pyland
29.8	Vardaman
32.6	Hollis
36.2	Derma
37.8	Calhoun City		depot – ? stock pens – ? seed house – ?
38.02		end of track
38.07		end of R.O.W.	Beadle Street crosses

SARDIS to BOBO Originally Sardis & Delta Railroad (1900 – 1928) Currently abandoned
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
0	Sardis	also known as Supply Store
3	Hayes
7	Johnson Hill
10	Woods Hotel
11	Malone
12	Ballentine
13.5	Baptist
	Curtis Station
	Burke Jct.	Branch ran to Eckles (2.5 miles) may be out of sequence
	Lake Carrier
	Bobo
28	Red Gum	Branch ran from Red Gum to Dye (2.5 miles) may be out of sequence

BATESVILLE to CROWDER Originally Batesville Southwestern Railroad (1911 – 1931) Illinois Central Railroad held a lease on the BSR dated the same day the BSR was incorporated. Currently abandoned
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
0	Batesville	B&SW ran beside the IC in Batesville. The north end of the line was 800 feet north of the Batesville depot.
1	South Batesville	Wye and junction with IC. Approximately 1/4 mile still in use by CN-IC.	Track scale
5	Robinson Crossing
8	Asa		Pagoda Platform
10	Stones
12	Mimms
15	Sutton
16	Crowder		Tank Freight House

BRUCE JCT to BRUCE Mississippi & Schoona Valley Railroad (1925 – 1926) Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad (1926 -2015) Currently abandoned
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
0	Bruce Jct	Approximately the first 10 miles were relocated when Grenada Lake was built.
	Murphy	May be out of sequence
	Wiseman	May be out of sequence
4	Gums	Original route
7	Spearman	Original route
9	Hyde	Original route
10	Tyson	Original route
11	Benwood
13	Pittman
14	Partee
15	Skuna
18	Shepherd
22	Bruce

STONEVILLE to RICHEY Currently abandoned Originally Greenville, Deer Creek & Rolling Fork Railroad Formerly Greenville, Columbus & Birmingham Railroad (1876 – 1881) Formerly Georgia Pacific Railroad (1881 – 1894) Formerly Southern Railway in Mississippi (1894 – 1904) Formerly Delta Southern Railway (1904 – 1923) Formerly Columbus & Greenville Railroad Currently abandoned
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	0	Stoneville		depot – torn down early 1960’s
		California
			Spur to Leland
LELAND – spur off main line Currently abandoned
	0		LELAND – spur off main line Currently abandoned
	0.5	Leland		depot built 1913 – no longer exists Fairbanks scale #166126 – ? tool house built 1911 – ?
	0.71		Track ended at a cotton compress
	4	Leesburg
			Crossing of Y&MV
		Isenberg
		Aldridge
	5	Ditchley		depot built 1886 – ? Tool house built 1906 – ? 2 section houses built 1886 – ?
	6	Burdette		station (old car body) – ? platform – ?
	6.6			freight platform built 1913 – ?
		Canady
		Quay		freight platform built 1914 – ? gravel platform built 1913 – ?
	9	Livingston
	9	Welmot		freight shed built 1906 – ? platform built 1912 – ?
	12	Arcola		depot built 1896 – ? cotton platform built 1912 – ? 2 laborers houses built 1891 – ? tool house built 1906 – ?
	14	McCutcheon		platform built 1914 – ?
		Cook
	16	Estell		depot built 1891 – ? station (old car body placed in 1914) – ? cotton platform built 1915 – ?
	17	Warsaw		depot built 1891 – ?
		Westburg
	19	Hollandale		depot built 1896 – ? cotton platform built 1914 – ? 3 laborers shacks (old car bodies) – ? tool house built 1906 – ?
	21	Overby		station (old car body) – ? cotton platform built 1914 – ?
	23	Percy		depot built 1886 – ? cotton platform built 1914 – ? 2 pumpers houses built 1908 – ? pumpers dwelling (old car body pre-1918) – ? 10×8 metal water tank – ?
1228+30 = 0+00	23.265
40+31	24
50+82		Gum Ridge
59+59				Sharkey/Washington county line
93+06	25
145+96	26
198+84	27
251+57	28
295+26		Delta City	Originally named Catchings	depot – destroyed by tornado Feb. 2, 1971
303+27	29
355+70	30
397+77		Updike
407+31	31
450+44		Newman
462+80	32
516+50	33
539+61		Auter
				Finley Lumber
548+88		Richey		depot – reported to have been destroyed between 1990 & 2012.
551+58				Wye and end of track

ELIZABETH to KERGS MILL Currently Abandoned Originally Delta Southern Railway (1904 – 1923) Formerly Southern Railway in Mississippi Formerly Columbus & Greenville Railroad
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	Elizabeth
	Dunkirk
	Napanee
	Buseys
10	Wolfs Mill
	Kergs Jct
	Keys Mill
	Kergs Mill

ITTA BENA to WEBB Originally Georgia Pacific Railroad (1881 – 1894) Formerly Southern Railway in Mississippi (1894 – 1920) Formerly Columbus & Greenville Railroad (1923 – Currently Abandoned (portions currently in use as highways)
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	0	Itta Bena
		Haley-Rucker Track	may be out of sequence	cotton gin platform built 1907 – ?
	0.8			tool house built 1911 – ?
	3	Lake Henry		Depot built 1913 – in use as office in 2003 platform built 1911 – ? Section house built 1891 – ?
		Marye	may be out of sequence
	6	Montjay		depot built 1906 – ?
422+49	9	Rixwood
484+50	9	Turo
		Rixeys	Also known as Rixie	station (old car body) – ?
		Schlater	Also known as McNutt and Maryland	depot built 1901 – torn down in 1980’s 2 cotton platforms built 1911 – ? stock chute built 1911 – ?. laborers shack (old car body) – ? ice house – ?
	12	Hydro	Also known as Hydra	tool house built 1911- ? 2 section houses built 1891 – ?
	13	Hilandale	Also known as Highlanddale	depot built 1901 – ? cotton platform built 1908 – ?
	15.6			sand bin built 1912 – ?
	16	Walton
		Watkins	may be out of sequence	station (old car body) – ? cotton platform built 1911 – ?
		Avant
	19	Minter City		depot built 1896 – collapsed 1950’s agents house built 1896 – ? cotton platform built 1911 – ? stock chute built 1911 – ? 2 section houses built 1891 – ? tool house built 1906 – ?
		Townes Switch		cotton platform built 1913 – ?
		Black Bayou		station (old car body) – no longer exists
	25	Glendora		Depot built 1909 – ? 2 cotton platforms built 1913 – ? 11×7 cypress water tank – ?
		Sturdivants	may be out of sequence
	31	Albin		platform built 1912 – ?
	34.37	Webb		depot built 1906 – ? cotton platform built 1911 – ? stock chute built 1911 – no longer exists tool house (old car body) – ? section house built 1901 – ?

BLACK BAYOU JCT. to MINTER CITY Formerly Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad ( – 1980) Currently abandoned
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
1869+34	111 (99.74)	Black Bayou Jct.
		Townes Switch
		Pleasant
		Deer Mound
2041_29	114 (103)	Minter City Jct.
	(103.3)	Minter City		depot _ ? two section houses – ? cotton platform – ? tool house – ?

MINTER CITY JCT. to SISLOFF Originally Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad ( – prior 1980) Formerly Illinois Central Railroad Currently Abandoned
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
2041+29	114 (103)	Minter City Jct.
	117	Sisloff

MINTER CITY JCT. to end of track Originally Minter City Southern & Western Railroad Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad
SURVEYORS MEASURE	MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	0	Minter City
318+50	6.03		End of track

ITTA BENA to BELZONI Currently Abandoned Originally Delta Southern Railway (1904 – 1923) Formerly Southern Railway in Mississippi Formerly Columbus & Greenville Railroad Formerly Itta Bena & Belzoni Railroad (1923 – 1928)
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
0	Itta Bena
	McLean
4	Quito
	Murdocks Crossing
	Sheppardtown
10	Morgan City
	Peteet
	Last Chance	may be out of sequence
17	Swiftown
	Deffenboughs Gin
20	Bear Creek
	Seitz
	Duke
	Perkins
22	Jaketown
27	Belzoni		depot – Catfish museum – 2023

GT JUNCTION (McINTYRE) to TRINITY Golden Triangle Railroad
MILE POST	STATION	NOTES	STRUCTURES
	GT Junction	connection with Kansas City Southern
1	West Lowndes	yard
6	Trinity

Last update: 9-19-2023