The Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway ran between

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...

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Willmar, Minnesota Willmar is a city in, and the county seat of, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 21,015 at the 2020 census. History Agricultural expansion and the establishment of Willmar as a division point on the Great Northern ...

. The railroad was built by E. A. Sherman and John M. Spicer of Willmar, under the direction of James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway. Sherman and Spicer located, named, and platted all of the towns along the line for a distance of 149 miles.History of Dakota Territory by George W. Kingsbury (1915), page 482–9 The line was sold to the Great Northern Railroad on July 1, 1907.

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Minnesota railroads Transportation in Minnehaha County, South Dakota Transportation in Sioux Falls, South Dakota Great Northern Railway (U.S.) subsidiaries Defunct South Dakota railroads Defunct Minnesota railroads Transportation in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota {{US-rail-transport-stub