Patrick Hagan (1828-1917) emigrated from
Dungannon, Ireland, about 1844 and joined
his uncle, Joseph Hagan, in Scott County. He
read law, was admitted to the bar,
and became
one of the state's foremost land lawyers. Hagan
amassed large holdings of coal and timber lands
including Osborne's Ford, as it had been called
since 1786 when Stephen Osborne obtained a
land grant. The community, which Hagan
renamed for his birthplace, grew rapidly after
the Clinchfield Railroad built a depot in 1912.
Hagan also designed the town plan, and Dungannon
was incorporated in 1918.
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