The line was built in 1959, expanded in 1974 and sold in 1991 to a new owner who changed the railroad's name.

Today, some of the Corinth and Counce's trackage is operated by the Kansas City Southern Railway.

[2] The Packaging Corporation of America acquired control of the Corinth and Counce on February 27, 1970.

[1] On August 12, 1974, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Tennessee Valley Authority authorized the railroad to begin operations over a 10-mile branch line between Sharp, Mississippi and Yellow Creek, Mississippi.

[1] On December 31, 1991, the Corinth and Counce was sold to the MidSouth Rail Corporation, which changed the railroad's name to Tennrail.