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Welcome to Martling ...

Martling is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Martling, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Martling is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Martling lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Martling (for example, toward Menlo (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Martling: 256 & 938<3>

Communities near Martling ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Martling.

  • Albertville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Boaz
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Boaz is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,706 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boaz <4>
  • Guntersville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Guntersville is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guntersville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,676 people
    • Former names for Guntersville:
    • Gunter's Ferry
    • Gunter's Landing
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Guntersville <4>
  • Arab
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Arab is located in Marshall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arab
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,406 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arab <4>
  • New Hope
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Collinsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Crossville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sardis City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Sardis City is located in Etowah County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sardis City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,776 people
  • Fyffe
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Powell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Powell is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 908 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Martling. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Martling.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Martling. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Martling.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Martling. See our Newspapers Page for Martling.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Martling ...

Looking for more information about Martling? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Martling, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Martling.

Adding Martling to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Martling in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Martling was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Martling post office opened in 1884. The Martling post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Martling.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Martling - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 256 code has been Overlayed with the 938 area code. New phone numbers in the Martling area will be assigned with one of these codes: 256 or 938. As a result, placing a call in the Martling area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/