Magnolia, Florida
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Magnolia, Florida was a thriving river port town in southern Wakulla County, Florida established in the 1820s and is classified as an "extinct city" by the State Library and Archives of Florida.
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Magnolia is known to have existed as far back as 1827. Magnolia, St. Marks and sister river port town, Port Leon, thrived from the commerce from Tallahassee merchants and cotton plantations of the Red Hills Region of North Florida and South Georgia when their products were hauled south to Tallahassee and beyond. These products were shipped to the port via wagon trains and the 24-mile-long Tallahassee-St. Marks Railroad. From that point, steamboats and sailing schooners then picked up these items at the port and transported them to other ports.
Maps show 6 named streets running northeast to southwest and 5 named streets running northwest to southeast with 34 blocks containing lots, homes, or businesses.
September 13, 1843, a dangerous hurricane hit the area with a 10-foot storm surge severely damaging Magnolia as well as nearby Port Leon and St. Marks.
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