The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company was incorporated under special act of Alabama on February 7, 1850.
[1] The Alabama and Mississippi Rivers Rail Road Company constructed 77.3 miles (124.4 km) of railroad line between Selma, Alabama and York, Alabama during the years 1852 through 1864.
[2] On November 29, 1864, the name of the company was changed to The Selma and Meridian Rail Road Company.
[1] The property eventually became part of Southern Railway Company on July 7, 1894, through Southern's acquisition of a successor company, the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Company.
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