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Marker Text: 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. (1966)
Marker No: 7884
Aluminum 20 x 20 Subject Marker
Geographic: 30.211203,-95.754517
Location: Magnolia Boulevard and Magnolia Parkway, Magnolia
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