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Self-guided · metro area, New Jersey

Historic Train Depots in Vineland, NJ

Train depots near you, from big-city union stations to the small frame depot where the whole town once met the train.

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The Vineland, NJ metro area has about 157,148 residents, ranking 278th in the country. The list below comes straight from the published records, with the distance from the center of Vineland, NJ and the source for each site.

On the record near Vineland, NJ

The 12 nearest

18 listed sites on the record match historic train depots within 60 miles of Vineland, NJ, out of 85 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles.

  1. Long-A-Coming Depot22 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Berlin · listed 1997National Register of Historic Places
  2. Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuykill Warehouse33 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Philadelphia · listed 2004National Register of Historic Places
  3. Newport Railroad Station35 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Newport · listed 1994National Register of Historic Places
  4. Clayton Railroad Station35 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Clayton · listed 1986National Register of Historic Places
  5. Wyoming Railroad Station38 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Wyoming · listed 1980National Register of Historic Places
  6. North Pemberton Railroad Station39 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Pemberton · listed 1978National Register of Historic Places
  7. Newark Passenger Station41 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Newark · listed 1982National Register of Historic Places
  8. Elkins Railroad Station, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad41 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Elkins Park · listed 1990National Register of Historic Places
  9. Jenkintown Wyncote Train Station42 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Jenkintown and Cheltenham Township · listed 2014National Register of Historic Places
  10. Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Wayne43 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Wayne · listed 1999National Register of Historic Places
  11. Bristol Railroad Station44 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Bristol · listed 2025National Register of Historic Places
  12. Strafford Railroad Station44 miles from the center of Vineland · Building · Strafford · listed 1984National Register of Historic Places

Distances are straight-line from the center of Vineland, NJ. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.

Train Depots in Vineland, step by step

  1. 1

    See every listed site of this kind in the area

  2. 2

    Sort by distance and pick the closest few

  3. 3

    Read the record for the year, the builder and the use

  4. 4

    View from the public way and note what has changed

  5. 5

    Collect the set and move on to the next county

What people in Vineland, NJ ask first

How much does it cost to visit these sites in Vineland, NJ?

Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.

Where does the information on these sites come from?

From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.

Are these buildings open to the public?

Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.

What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?

It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.

How a visit works in Vineland

  1. Step 1

    Find the place

    Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In Vineland, NJ the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.

  2. Step 2

    Read the story

    The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.

  3. Step 3

    Get there under your own power

    Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in Vineland, NJ are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.

  4. Step 4

    Collect it and come back

    Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.

The rules that make it work

The record comes first

Every site on these pages comes from a published register or marker program, with its source named. Nothing is listed that is not on the record.

Read the whole story

A marker is a few lines on a post. The story behind it is longer, and it includes the hard parts. Both are worth the stop.

Movement makes it stick

People remember the places they walked to. A route through five markers teaches more than fifty marker pages read on a couch.

Local beats famous

The marker two streets over usually has a better story than the one in the guidebook, and nobody else is standing in front of it.

Respect the ground

Many sites are private homes, working churches or cemeteries. View from the public way, follow posted hours, and leave it as you found it.

Every visitor can improve it

Markers go missing, get moved, or carry mistakes. A photo or a location fix from the person standing there is how the record stays right.

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