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Parks Administrator Alister Perkinson said a month-long public consultation will be held on the master plan. It will go to the planning commission and will likely return to the Board of Supervisors in the fall for a final decision.

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But here’s the issue: There is disagreement over whom or what the name pays tribute to. “Magruder” comes from the name of a Civil War Confederate general, John Bankhead Magruder. His connection to York County history? He defended the area against the Union Army’s Peninsula Campaign. Magruder became such a revered legend in the county a community was named after him. The community of Magruder, an informal hamlet of nearly 200 families, was settled mostly by African Americans ...