Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railroad
Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad (1880’s)
Later – Pennsylvania Railroad (1910’s – 1920’s)
Worcester County, Maryland
On the Lower end of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, the town of Stockton is a few minutes from the Virginia border. There had been a train station here years back, but nothing of the old station remains today. The town does however have a “Train Station Road” off of the Main road.
In researching Hursley, we found some information : An Excursion Train leaving Franklin City , Virginia to Ocean City was scheduled in the following years that we found . We found references from 1899 to 1915, and I believe earlier than that . The Station was listed between Franklin City , Virginia , just 8 minutes south of Hursley and Girdletree to the North , 7 minutes to the North. I believe the Excursion Trains went back to around 1889 .
We found “Excursion Train” ads for the trip from Franklin City Virginia to Ocean City dating back to 1880. The earlier trains didn’t quite make it all the way to Ocean City, but to Newark ( Maryland ) at the Queponco Station. The ads continued until about 1915. In 1922 , we found an ad for a ” Special Train” stopping at Hursley, which stopped at Wilmington Delaware and later Philadelphia Pa. The train left Hursley at 512 AM , and arrived in Wilmington at 927 AM.
An article in 1940 debated the name of both the name of the Train Station and the Town Name, after disputes over nearby Newark and Quepenco (Queponco ) Station. The article mentioned that the depot went by the name of Hursley, while the Town went by the name of Stockton and many older residents still called the Town by it’s old name of Sandy Hill. From what I understand , a fire destroyed the bank and center of town.
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