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List of railway towns in the United States

This is a list of railway towns in the United States listed by state. The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system. Railway towns are particularly abundant in the midwest and western states, and the railroad has been credited as a major force in the economic and geographic development of the country.[1] Historians credit the railroad system for the country's vast development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as having helped facilitate a "unified" nation.[2]

A narrow-gauge railway running through the center of Burke, Idaho.

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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Colorado

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Georgia

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Idaho

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Pcatello, Idaho

Illinois

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Maryland

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Missouri

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Montana

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Louisiana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Wills Point

Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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  • Clifton Forge, home to Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) shops.
  • Roanoke, home to shops and locomotive works of the Norfolk & Western (N&W).
  • Victoria, home to the Virginian Railway (VGN) shops.

Washington (state)

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West Virginia

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Wyoming

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hudson, John C. (1982). "Towns of the Western Railroads". Great Plains Quarterly. 2 (1): 41–54.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Railroads". Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2017 – via Encyclopedia.com.
  3. ^ a b "Alaska Railroad History". AlaskaTrain. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Train Towns". True West Magazine. March 1, 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Robinson, Jessica (September 6, 2013). "Former Northwest Railroad Town Struggles To Keep Last 25 People". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Clark, Earl (August 1971). "Shoot-Out In Burke Canyon". American Heritage. 22 (5). Retrieved March 28, 2007.
  7. ^ "A Walk Through Time: Discovering Downtown Nampa" (PDF). Preservation Idaho. 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  8. ^ Hiatt, Sean. "A Brief History of Wallace, Idaho". Spokane Historical Society. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  9. ^ "Ames Origin". Ames Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved Mar 21, 2014.
  10. ^ Pickett, Mary (June 7, 2008). "Laurel at 100: Railroad spurs towns growth". Billings Gazette. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  11. ^ Briggeman, Kim (March 14, 2016). "North of paradise: Livingston — Montana's windy, railroad town — is full of quirks and delights". Billings Gazette. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
  12. ^ Van Hattem, Matt (May 21, 2010). "North Platte: The rise of a railroad town". Trains. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  13. ^ a b "History of Railroads in New York State". State of New York. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
  14. ^ Scheyder, Ernest (November 25, 2014). "Why a small North Dakota town is taking on Big Rail". Reuters. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  15. ^ Culp, Edwin D. (1978). Stations West, the Story of the Oregon Railways. New York: Bonanza Books. pp. 44−47. OCLC 4751643.
  16. ^ a b c Labbe, John T. (1980). Fares, Please: Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. pp. 108–9. ISBN 0-87004-287-4.
  17. ^ Deumling, Dietrich (May 1972). The roles of the railroad in the development of the Grande Ronde Valley (masters thesis). Flagstaff, Arizona: Northern Arizona University. OCLC 4383986.
  18. ^ Rees, Helen Guyton (1982). Shaniko: From Wool Capital to Ghost Town. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort. ISBN 0-8323-0398-4.
  19. ^ Hall, Nancy I. (1994). Carbon River Coal Country. Orting: Heritage Quest Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-945-43333-0.
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