2,998
74%
$31,310
14.4%
America/Chicago
39652 39648
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Magnolia, MS - History
We would like to provide the residents of Magnolia a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Magnolia Home page. The Magnolia Home page provides as much information as possible on Magnolia. Knowing Magnolia’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Magnolia’s Home page, you will also find Magnolia’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Magnolia has a population of 2998. 51.2% of Magnolia’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.8 are female. 30.4% of Magnolia is married and 74.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $66,922, and the average rent is $650. Household median income in Magnolia is $31,310, and the individual median income is $14,313. Magnolia’s Ethnic is the following: Black(62.1%), White(32.7%), Hispanic(4.6%), Multiple(4.5%), Asian(0.4%), Other(0.2%).
Magnolia was founded in 1856 by Ansel H. Prewett, a local civic leader and cotton planter. Knowing that the approaching New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad (now the Illinois Central Railroad) would need a station for water and fuel, Prewett sold a right-of-way to the railroad company – for one dollar, according to legend – and divided a section of his plantation into town lots, which he sold to investors.
Prewett, while serving as temporary sheriff of Pike County, was killed by outlaws in the early 1870s escorting a prisoner on the very railroad that made Magnolia a viable community.Magnolia grew rapidly in the 1860s, and in the late nineteenth century Magnolia served as a popular small-town resort for wealthy New Orleanians, who took trains north from New Orleans to enjoy Magnolia's fresh air and sparkling creeks.
At one time early Magnolia boasted an opera house, skating rink, and several hotels that catered largely to these tourists. In 1860 Magnolia's first newspaper, the Grand Trunk Magnolian, was established by John Waddill. It did not last the war and was succeeded by the establishment of the Magnolia Gazette by J.D.
Burke in 1872. The Magnolia Herald was established by Luke W. Conerly in 1875 and he continued as its proprietor and editor until 1878.
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