Partial service began in December 1856; the full line to Mineral Point opened in June 1857.

Cyrus Woodman briefly served as the company's first president before being succeeded by Moses M.

[7] The Mineral Point Railroad acquired the Dubuque, Platteville and Milwaukee on August 8, 1880.

[8] The Milwaukee Road acquired the Mineral Point Railroad on September 29, 1880.

[12] The remainder, incorporated into the Mineral Point branch, was sold to the state of Wisconsin in 1980 and eventually repurposed as the Cheese Country Trail.