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 bought the

Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad The Charleston, Sumter and Northern Railroad was a South Carolina railroad that operated at the end of the 19th century. The line was originally chartered in 1885 by the South Carolina General Assembly as the Eutawville Railroad. The name was cha ...

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 t ...

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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Defunct South Carolina railroads Railway companies established in 1895 Railway companies disestablished in 1895 1895 establishments in South Carolina {{SouthCarolina-transport-stub