page_title: Magnolia, West Virginia
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Magnolia, West Virginia / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: View of a CSX train crossing the Magnolia Bridge over the Potomac River, near Magnolia, West Virginia. The bridge was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1914 as part of the Magnolia Cutoff line.
context_page_description: Magnolia is an unincorporated community northeast of Paw Paw in Morgan County in the U.S. state of West Virginia on the Potomac River. Magnolia is located along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad mainline and east of where the Western Maryland Railway crosses the Potomac, bypassing a series of bends in the river. As a depot and water station on the B&O, Magnolia has been known by a number of names including Magnolia Dale, Magnolia Vale, and sometimes as Water Station Number 12 on the railroad.
context_section_description: The name Magnolia, as passed down from oral tradition, was a combination of Timothy Norton's two daughters Maggie and Nora. The addition of the names yielded Magnora and was modified to Magnolia. Timothy Norton was an early resident of the town and worked for the railroad. It is believed that the hamlet came into being because of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The railroad opened a line from Washington, D.C. to Cumberland, Maryland following the Potomac River in 1842. There were many servicing facilities along the right-of-way for steam engines. One of these facilities was Water Station Number 12 which later became Magnolia.
caption: CSX Train on bridge at Magnolia (2007)
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