The Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad was a railroad that served eastern South Carolina in the first half of the 20th century. The carrier was incorporated in February 1899 under special act of the State of South Carolina as the Bennettsville and Osborne Railroad Company. The name of the company was changed in June 1902 to the Bennettsville and Cheraw Railroad Company. In 1902 and 1904 the company's charter was amended, authorizing the construction of a line from

Cheraw The Cheraw people, also known as the Saraw or Saura, were a Siouan-speaking tribe of indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, in the Piedmont area of North Carolina near the Sauratown Mountains, east of Pilot Mountain and north of the Yad ...

Bennettsville Bennettsville is a city located in the U.S. state of South Carolina on the Great Pee Dee River. As the county seat of Marlboro County, Bennettsville is noted for its historic homes and buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries—including ...

and south to a point on the Atlantic coast in South Carolina, rather than Osborne. The line was headquartered in Bennettsville.Railroad Gazette, Volume 42, 1907, page 376
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Defunct South Carolina railroads Railway companies established in 1902 Railway companies disestablished in 1950 {{SouthCarolina-transport-stub