The Charleston and Northern Railroad was a South Carolina railroad company that existed briefly at the end of the 19th century. The Charleston and Northern was created after the

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was a United States Class I railroad formed in 1900, though predecessor railroads had used the ACL brand since 1871. In 1967, it merged with long-time rival Seaboard Air Line Railroad to form the Seaboard Coast ...

bought the Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad in October 1894, and the following year reorganized it under the Charleston and Northern Railroad to prevent it from being used by a competitor. The line was originally chartered in 1885 by the

South Carolina General Assembly The South Carolina General Assembly, also called the South Carolina Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of South Carolina. The legislature is bicameral and consists of the lower South Carolina House of Representatives and ...

as the Eutawville Railroad. Its name was changed to the Charleston, Sumter and Northern in 1890 and went into receivership in 1892.Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States, Henry Poor, 1894, Volume 27, page 171
/ref> The Charleston and Northern was absorbed into the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, apparently in 1895.

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