The Clinchfield Railroad, built originally to haul coal and timber from the mountains to markets, ran 277 miles from Spartansburg, South Carolina, to Elkhorn City, Kentucky. Its first passenger train stopped in Dungannon, Virginia, in 1909. From 1910 to 1912, Dungannon’s depot was a boxcar open at both ends on a side track, while the present depot was built by hand beginning in 1910 and completed in 1912. The last passenger traveled through Dungannon on May 2, 1955, and the depot then sat empty for more than 20 years. In 1977, the Dungannon Women’s Club asked Clinchfield to donate the abandoned depot for preservation, and the railroad agreed if it was moved off railroad property. The Dungannon Town Council contributed land in the center of town, and in 1978 the Women’s Club moved the depot, renovated it, and began using it as a community center. In 2009, the Women’s Club gave the depot to the Town of Dungannon for town hall and community use. On March 18, 2010, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources listed the Dungannon Depot on the Virginia Landmarks Register. Now part of the CSX system, the railroad continues to haul coal, timber, and other freight, and the Santa Train stops in Dungannon each year just before Thanksgiving with gifts and toys for children throughout the region.