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Wallace's Switch.

When the railroad reached this point in the year 1856, Major
Goforth was the owner of the mill at that point, and at his instance
the citizens of the community petitioned the railroad for
a station, and the station was established and called Goforth's,
but the name was shortly changed to Wallace's Switch in honor
of the Rev. W. P. Wallace, a Presbyterian minister who lived in
that community. The growth and prosperity of this town has
been greatly retarded in recent years by the rapid growth and development
of Bristol, which is in close proximity thereto.

This town has several good business houses and churches and
an excellent flouring mill, owned by Dr. W. M. Phillips.