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. 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.

Alabama

 * Birmingham

Alaska

 * Fairbanks
 * Seward

Arizona

 * Benson
 * Williams

California
• Chino

• Barstow

• Davis

• Fresno

• Lathrop

• Livermore

• Los Angeles

• Sacramento

• San Bernardino

• Stockton

• Woodland

Colorado

 * Antonito
 * Denver
 * Durango
 * Pueblo

Georgia

 * Atlanta (est. as Terminus)

Idaho
Pcatello, Idaho
 * Avery
 * Burke
 * Nampa
 * Wallace

Illinois

 * Centralia
 * Champaign
 * Chicago
 * West Chicago
 * Rochelle

Iowa

 * Ames

Kansas

 * Dodge City

Kentucky

 * Midway

Maryland

 * Baltimore
 * Brunswick
 * Cumberland
 * Hagerstown

Missouri

 * Kansas City
 * St. Louis

Montana

 * Billings
 * Dillon
 * Laurel
 * Livingston

Louisiana

 * Hammond

Nebraska

 * North Platte
 * Omaha

Nevada

 * Carson City
 * Las Vegas
 * Virginia City

New Hampshire

 * Woodsville

New Mexico

 * Albuquerque
 * Chama

New York

 * Albany
 * New York City

North Carolina

 * Apex
 * Durham
 * Ellenboro
 * Goldsboro
 * High Point
 * Morehead City
 * Weldon

North Dakota

 * Barton
 * Enderlin

Oklahoma

 * Guthrie
 * Stillwater

Oregon
• Baker City

• Boring

• Bull Run

• Cazadero

• Estacada

• Portland

• Shaniko

• Union

Pennsylvania

 * Altoona
 * Pittsburgh
 * Scranton

Tennessee

 * Chattanooga
 * Etowah
 * Nashville

Texas
Wills Point
 * Port Arthur


 * Elgin, Texas


 * College Station, Texas

Utah

 * Helper
 * Salt Lake City

Vermont

 * Island Pond
 * White River Junction
 * Wells River

Virginia

 * 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)

 * Kalama
 * Lester
 * Melmont
 * Spokane
 * Tacoma

West Virginia

 * Wheeling
 * Harper's Ferry
 * Huntington, founded as terminus for Chesapeake & Ohio

Wyoming

 * Cheyenne, Wyoming
 * Laramie