The Patterson Railroad is a defunct railroad that existed in Michigan during the early 1870s. The company incorporated on September 21, 1870 and filed articles on October 3 to construct a line between Patterson Mills (now Belding) and Kiddville (defunct; lay to the north-east across the Flat River). The Patterson completed a 1.67miles in July 1872, at which point the property became part of the Detroit, Lansing and Lake Michigan Railroad, whose line it met at Kiddville. The DL&M would later become part of the Pere Marquette Railroad, which also built a line (the Grand Rapids, Belding and Saginaw Railroad) south from Belding.
The Belding - Kidd line continued to exist throughout the 20th century, eventually becoming part of the Greenville - Lowell line operated by the Mid-Michigan Railroad, a RailAmerica company. In December 2007 Mid-Michigan petitioned the Surface Transportation Board to abandon the line. The grade is to be converted to a rail trail.