Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad

{{Short description|Railroad in Michigan}}

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start_year=1871|

end_year=1916|

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File:KSHRR stock certificate 1893.jpg

The Kalamazoo and South Haven Railroad is a defunct railroad which operated in southern Michigan during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The company incorporated on April 2, 1869 with the intention of constructing a {{convert|40|mi|km|adj=on}} line from Kalamazoo to South Haven, on the shores of Lake Michigan. It was leased in 1870 to the Michigan Central Railroad and merged with the same in 1916. The former rail bed has been transformed into the Kal-Haven Trail.

The railroad went through the following towns, starting from the east:

• Kalamazoo, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/kaz-mc/kaz-mc.htm| title=Kalamazoo, Michigan Central Depot| work=Michigan Passenger Stations| date=September 2003| author=Van Winkle, Louis| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703162109/http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/kaz-mc/kaz-mc.htm| archive-date=2008-07-03| url-status=dead}}
• Alamo, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://home.earthlink.net/~tommaas/Alamo_depot.htm| title=Alamo Township Museum in Kalamazoo County, Michigan| date=2005-09-28| work=Williams, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Ghost Town| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-date=2009-02-11| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211135503/http://home.earthlink.net/~tommaas/Alamo_depot.htm| url-status=dead}}
• Williams, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://home.earthlink.net/~tommaas/Williams.htm| title=Williams, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Ghost Town| date=2002-06-04| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724152507/http://home.earthlink.net/~tommaas/Williams.htm| archive-date=2008-07-24| url-status=dead}}
• Mentha, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://home.earthlink.net/~tommaas/Towns.htm| title=Railroad towns near Williams, Michigan| work=Williams, Michigan: Kalamazoo County Ghost Town| date=2005-09-20| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-date=2008-07-26| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726141313/http://home.earthlink.net/~tommaas/Towns.htm| url-status=dead}}
• Kendall, Michigan
• Pine Grove Mills, Michigan
• Gobles, Michigan
• Bloomingdale, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/blomdale/blomdale.htm| title=Bloomingdale, MI Depot| work=Michigan Passenger Stations| author=Van Winkle, Louis| date=January 2004| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703161348/http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/blomdale/blomdale.htm| archive-date=2008-07-03| url-status=dead}}
• Berlamont, Michigan
• Grand Junction, Michigan
• Lacota, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/lacota/lacota.htm| title=Lacota, Michigan Depot| work=Michigan Passenger Stations| author=Van Winkle, Louis| date=August 2005| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080703161228/http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/lacota/lacota.htm| archive-date=2008-07-03| url-status=dead}}
• Kibbe, Michigan
• South Haven, Michigan{{cite web| url=http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/sh/s-haven.htm| title=South Haven Depot| work=Michigan Passenger Stations| author=Van Winkle, Louis| date=January 2004| accessdate=2008-08-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517134915/http://mc.net/~louisvw/depot/sh/s-haven.htm| archive-date=2008-05-17| url-status=dead}}