Station Number: 154
Code Number: 0222

The Green Spring District of Louisa County gets its name from a mineral spring of the same name. The area has the richest soil in the county. The 14000 acre, bowl-shaped Green Spring District was originally settled in the 1720’s and the spring served as a spa during the late 18^th century. A Colonel Morris once ran a hotel at the spring, but it was in decay by 1835.

Despite that, there must still have been people interested in Green Springs. The stop was originally known as Green Spring Turnout, suggesting that an influential someone requested the stop from the Louisa Railroad. A Post Office, officially known as Green Spring Depot, opened there in September of 1874 and remained open in various buildings until 1956. The original Green Springs depot burned on April 13, 1914, an act of arson that was connected to the Hall murder case (see http://www.murderatgreensprings.com/ for more information). A new depot was built across the tracks from the original location, on the same side as Dunkum’s store. In 1937, the Side Track Record showed a depot and a 943' team track in Green Springs. The C&O received authorization to dismantle the station at Green Springs and replace it with a combination passenger shelter/freight room in October, 1941. The agency station was discontinued in 1942, though the station was maintained as a non-agency station. Green Springs was a flag stop for some trains into the 1940’s. By 1963, though, all that was left there was the single 943' siding. When I was there in the 1990’s, even the siding was gone.

This map was prepared from U.S.G.S. topological maps, C&O track charts dated 1963, C&O Side Track Records dated 1937, a copy of the Side Track Records updated through the 1990’s, and C&O Valuation maps, also updated through the 1990’s.

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