Center Point in Linn County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Center Point Depot
Great American Rail-Trail
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025
1. Center Point Depot Marker
Built 1914 by Waterloo, Cedar Falls & Northern Railway, city's first interurban line. Carried passengers, freight and livestock until 1956.
Erected 2024 by Cedar Valley Nature Trail and William Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 1.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1914.
Location. 42° 11.569′ N, 91° 46.878′ W. Marker is in Center Point, Iowa, in Linn County. It is on East Washington Street east of Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east. Marker is behind the Center Point Historical Depot Museum, and it is off the Center Point Nature Trail. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 700 E Washington St, Center Point IA 52213, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 15 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gold Medal Flour Mural (approx. 8.2 miles away); All Gave Some... Some Gave All (approx. 8.2 miles away); The Freedom Rock of Benton County (approx. 8.2 miles away); Shellsburg's Spandrel Bridge (approx. 8.2 miles away); Post 298 Veterans' Memorial
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More about this marker. Marker text repeats on both sides
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025
2. Center Point Depot Marker
Looking north on Center Point Nature Trail and the Depot Museum
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025
3. Center Point Depot Marker
Looking south on Center Point Nature Trail and the Depot Museum
Photographed by Jason Voigt, June 18, 2025
4. supplementary marker
Some additional history on the depot, as this was hanging inside the depot (not the museum, but the restroom part)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 8, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 134 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 8, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. 4. submitted on July 9, 2025, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.
