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Welcome to Martin City ...

Martin City is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Martin City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Martin City is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Martin City: 816 & 975<3>

Communities Also Named Martin City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Martin City - it's located in Montana.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Martin City.

Communities near Martin City ...

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

  • Kansas City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Overland Park
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Kansas City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Olathe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Olathe is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olathe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 141,665 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olathe <4>
  • Independence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Lee's Summit
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Shawnee
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Shawnee is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shawnee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66,298 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shawnee <4>
  • Blue Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Lenexa
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Lenexa is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenexa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 56,156 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenexa <4>
  • Leawood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Leawood is located in Johnson County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leawood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Leawood <4>

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 Martin City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Martin City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Martin City. 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 Martin City.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Martin City ...

Looking for more information about Martin City? 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 Martin City, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Martin City.

Adding Martin City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Martin City 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 Martin City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Martin City post office opened in 1888. The Martin City post office closed in 1963.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Martin City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Martin City - 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 816 code has been Overlayed with the 975 area code. New phone numbers in the Martin City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 816 or 975. As a result, placing a call in the Martin City 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/