Martinsville, Missouri

Martinsville is a village in western Harrison County, Missouri, United States.[1][2]

The community is 2.5 miles east of the Harrison-Gentry county line at the intersection of Missouri routes F and D.[3] Panther Creek flows past the northwest side of the community and Sampson Creek's headwaters are approximately 1.5 miles to the southwest.[4]

History

Martinsville was laid out in 1856, and named after Zadoc Martin, the proprietor of a watermill.[5][6] A post office called Martinsville has been in operation since 1868.[7]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Martinsville, Missouri
  2. "Classification of Municipalities". 2021-2022 Official Manual, State of Missouri (PDF). 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed., 1998, pp. 14 and 20 ISBN 0899332242
  4. New Hampton, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1984
  5. Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 171.
  6. "Harrison County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved October 3, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 3, 2016.

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