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.

40°20′19″N 94°09′42″W / 40.33861°N 94.16167°W / 40.33861; -94.16167

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