Do you know of Martin ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Martin. 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.
Our sources for Martin (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Martin other than they indicate that Martin would be found somewhere in Henry County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1899 and closed in 1903.
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 ...
We found 49 communities that share the name Martin.
Within Virginia, the name Martin is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 49 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 49 communities, 47 are located in the United States and two are in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Dallas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Martin [Dallas County].
- Arkansas
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Martin [Benton County].
- Woodruff 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 Arkansas community of Martin [Woodruff County].
- Florida
- Georgia
- Stephens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Martin [Stephens County].
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Martin [Mercer County].
- Indiana
- Vanderburgh County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Martin [Vanderburgh County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Martin [Frederick County].
- Michigan
- Allegan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Martin [Allegan County].
- Marquette 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 Michigan community of Martin [Marquette County].
- Saint Clair County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Martin [Saint Clair County].
- Mississippi
- Claiborne 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 Mississippi community of Martin [Claiborne County].
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Martin [Lauderdale County].
- Pike County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Martin [Pike County].
- Montana
- Garfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Martin [Garfield County].
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Washoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Martin [Washoe County].
- New Hampshire
- Merrimack County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Martin [Merrimack County].
- New York
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Martin [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Martin [Wilkes County].
- Yadkin 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 North Carolina community of Martin [Yadkin County].
- North Dakota
- Sheridan County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Martin [Sheridan County].
- Ohio
- Ottawa County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Martin [Ottawa County].
- Oklahoma
- Muskogee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Martin [Muskogee County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Martin.
- Pennsylvania
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Martin [Fayette County].
- Warren 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 Pennsylvania community of Martin [Warren County].
- York County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Martin [York County].
- Quebec
- Please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Martin.
- South Carolina
- Allendale County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Martin [Allendale County].
- South Dakota
- Bennett County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Martin [Bennett County].
- Tennessee
- Weakley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Martin [Weakley County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Carbon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Martin [Carbon County].
- Washington
- Kittitas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Martin [Kittitas County].
- West Virginia
- Grant County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Martin [Grant County].
- Wisconsin
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Martin ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Martin:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Henry County ...
Can you help?
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 Henry 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 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. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |