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Photograph of Crosby station
Photograph by McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Soo Line Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

From the record

“Crosby station is a historic former train station in Crosby, Minnesota, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Crosby Railroad Depot for having local significance in the themes of commerce, industry, and transportation.”

Wikipedia article Crosby station (Minnesota), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Crow Wing County · listed in 1980 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 1st St., N. and 1st Ave., E., Crosby, 56441
  • When was it listed? November 1980
  • Category. building
  • City. Crosby city
  • National Register reference number. 80002026 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Soo Line Depot between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. None started naturally. 38 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning75
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
21 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
19 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
13 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
9 July 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
25 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
24 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Every fire recorded in Crow Wing County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 145 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 145 workings within 5 miles of Soo Line Depot: 125 past producers, 13 prospects, 5 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Algoma-Zeno MineIron, ManganesePast Producer1904, 1915
Northland MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Portage Lake Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Range Redi Mix PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Adams MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
Algoma MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Algoma MineManganeseProducer1920
Alstead MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite
Alstead-North Hillcrest MineManganesePast Producer1955
Arko MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerHematite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in Crow Wing County

Storms near this property

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crosby, the town this property stands in, in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 16 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCrosby-A large oak tree snapped near the base along with other smaller trees down nearby as well.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindCrosby-A few tree limbs 3 inches in diameter were broken.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCrosby-Several trees were downed at the reporter's location.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindCrosby-A medium sized tree was downed on top of a car with several more trees down in neighboring lawns.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCrosby-Multiple 6 to 8 inch diameter trees were blown down in Crosby.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCrosby-Several trees were blown down in the town of Crosby.
July 2016Flash FloodCrosby-There was flooding in low-lying areas of Crosby, MN, such as in the park near Serpent Lake.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindCrosby-A large tree branch was blown down.
August 2013HailCrosby-There was pea to penny size hail with high winds estimated between 40 and 60 mph.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindCrosby-Power lines were blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindCrosby-Trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindCrosby-Strong thunderstorm winds caused heavy tree and power line damage in and around the city and along the north shore of Serpent Lake. Damage to a house occurred when a tree limb fell through the roof of the living room. Other trees were reported down across the county. Wind speed is estimated.
July 2025HailCrosby-no account filed
June 2022HailCrosby-no account filed
June 2022HailCrosby-no account filed
June 2022HailCrosby-no account filed
September 2021HailCrosby-no account filed
September 2021HailCrosby-no account filed
June 2019HailCrosby-no account filed
September 2018HailCrosby-no account filed
June 2016HailCrosby-no account filed
July 2016HailCrosby-no account filed
July 2016HailCrosby-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindCrosby-no account filed
September 1998HailCrosby-no account filed
July 1998HailCrosby-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindCrosby-no account filed
July 1998HailCrosby-no account filed
July 1996HailCrosby-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Crow Wing County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Elevated Metal Water Tank, Crosbyunder 500 feet1980
Ironton Sintering Plant Complex1.2 miles1980
Spina Hotel1.3 miles1980
Ironton City Hall1.3 miles2002
Elevated Metal Water Tank, Ironton1.4 miles1980
Deerwood Auditorium2.5 miles1995

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 80002026 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Crow Wing CountyAll 31 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.