The Wilson and Summerton Railroad was a railroad that served South Carolina in the late 19th century. The Wilson and Summerton Railroad was chartered 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 ...

in 1888. Construction the following year linked Millard Junction, South Carolina, to Wilson's Mill, South Carolina, a distance of about 16.5 miles. The line served as a link between 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 L ...

and the

Central Railroad of South Carolina The Central Railroad of South Carolina was a South Carolina railroad that operated following Reconstruction. It ran between the town of Lane (also known as Lanes) and Sumter, a distance of about . Wikipedia, WikiProject Trains, ICC valuations, Atl ...

.Some Names in Clarendon County, Institute for Southern Studies, University of South Carolina, Winter 1969, Volume 16
/ref> In 1899, the name of the line was changed to the

Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina The Northwestern Railroad of South Carolina was a South Carolina railroad that traced its history back to the 1880s and survived until the mid-1930s. The line, chartered in 1899 by the South Carolina General Assembly, ran from Northwestern Juncti ...

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