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Magnolia

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FM 1488, Magnolia, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 12' 41.06793999996", -95° 45' 14.47926000012"
 
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     In early days, known as Mink's Prairie, and by 1850, shortened to Mink. In 1902, railroad named it Melton to honor Jim Melton, a large landowner in the county, but U. S. Post Office confused it with town of Milton. Citizens renamed it Magnolia for the many magnolia trees beside nearby Mill Creek.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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