How many historic gas stations are left on Route 66?

Nobody keeps a full count: hundreds of stations once lined the road, and many were torn down or rebuilt. This page lists 39 that still stand and are well documented, in all eight of its states. It is a starting point for a road trip, not a complete census.

Which state has the most historic gas stations on Route 66?

Oklahoma has the most on this list, 20 of 39. The full split is Illinois (5), Missouri (1), Kansas (2), Oklahoma (20), Texas (5), New Mexico (2), Arizona (3) and California (1).

Can you still buy gas at these stations?

Mostly no. Many of these buildings are preserved as museums, visitor centers, shops or empty landmarks, and the pumps are for show. Lambert 1957 in Joliet, Illinois, is described on its page as a working station run by one family since 1957. Fill the tank in larger towns before long, remote stretches of the old road, and check a station's page before you count on it.

Which of these Route 66 gas stations are museums?

Afton Station Packard Museum and Pete's Route 66 Gas Station Museum are museums inside old stations. For more, see our Route 66 museums page.

Can I add a gas station to my Route 66 trip plan?

Yes. Tap the heart on a station, as on any stop, and it joins your trip in driving order, with the Google Maps link, the PDF and the GPS file. In the trip planner, choose the Retro roadside kind and the day-by-day plan picks stations and other roadside relics along the way.

39 gas stations · 8 states

Route 66 gas stations: historic service stations, state by state

Updated October 2026

Gas stations have lined Route 66 since the 1920s, and the small buildings that survive are some of its best-loved sights: house-style stations with a canopy, brick cottages, tile-roofed pump houses. This page gathers 39 historic gas and service stations still standing along the road in all eight of its states, from Ambler's Texaco Gas Station in Dwight, Illinois, to Cucamonga Service Station in California.

Tap a dot to see that stop here.

Tap a marker for the photo and a link to the station. For every old garage, sign and roadside relic on the road, see the Retro roadside stops.

Some of the oldest are in Illinois. The Soulsby Service Station in Mount Olive is a 1926 house-and-canopy station, counted as the oldest usable station on Illinois Route 66, and the Standard Oil Gasoline Station in Odell is a restored 1932 station on the National Register of Historic Places. In Joliet, Lambert 1957 is a working station run by one family since 1957.

Oklahoma has 20 of the 39. Among them, the Cities Service Station No. 8 is a 1940 station in Modern Movement style listed on the National Register, and the Threatt Filling Station was a Black-owned Craftsman station that gave Black travelers on Route 66 a safe stop under Jim Crow. In Texas, the U-Drop Inn in Shamrock is an Art Deco gas station and café with twin towers and neon trim.

A few are destinations on their own. Pete's Route 66 Gas Station Museum in Williams is filled with pumps, signs and oil cans, and Cool Springs Station on the Oatman mountain road was rebuilt from old photos. Most stations here no longer sell fuel, so fill the tank in the bigger towns, and check a station's page for hours before you count on it. Planning a whole trip? The trip planner picks roadside relics for each day of the drive. For the museums of the road, see Route 66 museums, and for the sights in between, the best Route 66 attractions.

Route 66 gas stations in Illinois (5)

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Illinois has the road's house-and-canopy stations in Dwight, Odell and Mount Olive, a Tudor Revival station in Normal and a working family station in Joliet.