Queponco station

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Quenponco station in May 2017
General information
Location2378 Patey Woods Road
Newark, Maryland
United States
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Ironshire
toward Harrington
Harrington  Franklin City Wesley
Queponco railway station
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Location2378 Patey Woods Rd., Newark, Maryland
Coordinates 38°15′05″N75°17′32″W / 38.25147°N 75.29227°W / 38.25147; -75.29227
Arealess than one acre
Built1910 (1910)
NRHP reference No. 95001546 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1996

Queponco is a historic United States railway station located at 8378 Patey Woods Road, Newark, Worcester County, Maryland. Constructed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Queponco railway station served Snow Hill, Berlin and Newark communities. [2] The station closed in the 1960s. [3]

Contents

Queponco was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Queponco railway station. [1]

Museum

The Queponco railway station preserves railroad heritage in the area and exhibits vintage railroad memorabilia and equipment. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Paul B. Touart (November 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Queponco Railway Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. "Museums of Worcester County - Queponco Railway Station". www.octhebeach.com.
  4. "Queponco Railway Station Worcester County Maryland Museums". worcestermuseums.org.