Katy Depot

This depot was built to serve the Missouri-Kansas-Texas (Katy) Rail Line, which reached Hillsboro in 1881. Completed in 1902, the station features elements of the Eastlake, Victorian, and Prairie styles. Early MKT trains carried materials for the growing town and brought early residents and such notables as presidents Woodrow Wilson, William Taft, Calvin Coolidge, and Harry Truman. The building was moved here from the original site in 1978. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980

Katy Depot is a historical marker in Hillsboro, Hill County, dedicated in 1981. It is one of 104 historical markers documented in Hill County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.0126, -97.1316 near Hillsboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Missouri-Kansas-Texas Company Railroad Station (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Western Union Building, Hill County Jail, and Hill County Courthouse.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5217002906. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.