Marker Inscription
On June 1, 1877, the first train of the Henderson and Overton Branch Railroad arrived here. Only a freight-loading platform was built at that time. The depot was finished by 1901 and the warehouse added in 1909. A Fairbanks 1-and-1/2-ton scale was installed in the floor of the warehouse in 1917. The station became a community gathering place and shipping center serving the International & Great Northern and Missouri-Pacific lines. Rail traffic declined and Missouri-Pacific donated the building to the Rusk County Library. It was moved to this site in 1977.
About this site
Henderson Depot is a historical marker in Henderson, Rusk County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 72 historical markers documented in Rusk County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.1610, -94.7952 near Henderson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Arnold Outhouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Railroad in Rusk County, Railroad in Rusk County, and Walling, T. J..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5401011004. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
