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Natchez and Hamburg Railroad

1830s Mississippi

Natchez and Hamburg Railroad was a planned early 19th-century railroad of the southern United States, intended to connect Natchez to the Pearl River. Construction began in Adams County, Mississippi and got between 20 and 35 miles out of town, maybe as far as Franklin County, Mississippi.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Boy Scouts with Mississippi locomotive, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1927
Photo: William H. Bass Photo Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Natchez and Hamburg Railroad was a planned early 19th-century railroad of the southern United States, intended to connect Natchez to the Pearl River. Construction began in Adams County, Mississippi and got between 20 and 35 miles out of town, maybe as far as Franklin County, Mississippi.2

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