Haines City Station - City of Haines City, Florida, USA.
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
N 28° 06.534 W 081° 37.639
17R E 438382 N 3109424
Haines City Station - Haines City to Sebring Line of The Atlantic Coast Railroad. later to become the Seaboard Coast Line, when the station closed several decades later. Located alongside the active CSX Railroad line in Haines City, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMX4RH
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 11/26/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member fi67
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Haines City Station - Haines city, Florida, USA.

Platted in 1885, Haines City was first known as Clay Cut. It is said that the pioneers of the city persuaded the railroad company to build a station by agreeing to rename their city to Haines City in honor of Colonel Henry Stevens Haines. Haines was born on the 21st day of November in 1836 in Nantucket, Massachusetts and died on November 03, 1923 in Lenox, Massachusetts.
Prominently connected and identified with the early development of Florida and particularly its transportation issues, Haines was promoted to the position of general manager of the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway, popularly known as the Plant System. The Plant System was named after Henry B. Plant. Comprised of a system of railroads and steamboats, it was Col. Haines who inaugurated the Plant System Tampa-Havana line."
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Is the station/depot currently used for railroad purposes?: No

Is the station/depot open to the public?: No

If the station/depot is not being used for railroad purposes, what is it currently used for?:
Commercial businesses


What rail lines does/did the station/depot serve?: Haines City to Sebring Line of The Atlantic Coast Railroad.

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