Details for Magnolia
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5339007884
Data
| Marker Number | 7884 |
| Atlas Number | 5339007884 |
| Marker Title | Magnolia |
| Index Entry | Magnolia |
| Address | FM 1488 |
| City | Magnolia |
| County | Montgomery |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 234895 |
| UTM Northing | 3345419 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Magnolia Blvd. and Magnolia Pkwy. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 24" x 18" |
| 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. |