Storey (formerly, Madera Station) is an

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in Madera County,

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. It is located on the

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(ATSF) east-northeast of Madera, at an elevation of It is also about southeast of the

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. The area was named after

William Benson Storey William Benson Storey, Jr. (November 17, 1857 – October 24, 1940) was the fifteenth president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Storey was born November 17, 1857, in San Francisco, California, the son of William Bainbridge Storey, an ...

, the former president of the ATSF. The former Storey Train Station (used by ATSF, and subsequently by

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), was located in Storey, but Amtrak always referred to the station as Madera. The station was permanently closed after Amtrak moved its service to the new Madera station in November 2010. Within a few years thereafter, the station's

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uncovered the waiting area, and parking lot were entirely removed, leaving little evidence of the former station.

References

Unincorporated communities in California Unincorporated communities in Madera County, California {{MaderaCountyCA-geo-stub