Do you know of Martin's ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Martin's. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Martin's.
Our sources for Martin's (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Martin's other than they indicate that Martin's would be found somewhere in Barnwell County, South Carolina.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Martin's ...
We found ten communities that share the name Martin's.
Within South Carolina, the name Martin's is unique.
Beyond South Carolina, we know of another ten communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these ten communities, nine are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Escambia County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Martin's [Escambia County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Martin's [Jefferson County].
- California
- Los Angeles County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Martin's [Los Angeles County].
- Monterey County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Martin's [Monterey County].
- Georgia
- Liberty County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Martin's [Liberty County].
- Iowa
- New Jersey
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Martin's [Sussex County].
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Martin's.
- Utah
- Salt Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Martin's [Salt Lake County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Martin's ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Martin's:
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Martin's - Services available: had a Post Office, Railroad Station, Express Office
More Orphans in Barnwell County ...
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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Barnwell County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Martin's could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |