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]
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A narrow-gauge railway running through the center of Burke, Idaho.
Alabama
Illinois
Kansas
Maryland
- Baltimore
- Brunswick
- Cumberland
- Hagerstown
Missouri
- Kansas City[4]
- St. Louis
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Utah
Wyoming
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References
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- "Railroads". Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved August 30, 2017 – via Encyclopedia.com.
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- Clark, Earl (August 1971). "Shoot-Out In Burke Canyon". American Heritage. 22 (5). Retrieved March 28, 2007.
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- Hiatt, Sean. "A Brief History of Wallace, Idaho". Spokane Historical Society. Retrieved August 30, 2017.
- "Ames Origin". Ames Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 22, 2014. Retrieved Mar 21, 2014.
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- 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.
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- "History of Railroads in New York State". State of New York. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- Scheyder, Ernest (November 25, 2014). "Why a small North Dakota town is taking on Big Rail". Reuters. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
- Culp, Edwin D. (1978). Stations West, the Story of the Oregon Railways. New York: Bonanza Books. pp. 44−47. OCLC 4751643.
- Labbe, John T. (1980). Fares, Please: Those Portland Trolley Years. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers. pp. 108–9. ISBN 0-87004-287-4.
- 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.
- Rees, Helen Guyton (1982). Shaniko: From Wool Capital to Ghost Town. Portland, Oregon: Binford & Mort. ISBN 0-8323-0398-4.
- Hall, Nancy I. (1994). Carbon River Coal Country. Orting: Heritage Quest Press. p. 251. ISBN 978-0-945-43333-0.
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