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James Conner, an early settler from eastern Virginia, explored this area in 1777 and received large land grants, possibly up to 5,000 acres. Around 1815, a small settlement called Hurricane Creek Bridge started near what is now the eastern edge of Hurricane. It was a stop on the James River & Kanawha Turnpike. When the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway came in the 1870s, the settlement was renamed Hurricane Station.
