Martinsville, Mississippi

Martinsville is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. Martinsville is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.^[2] Martinsville was named for B. F. Martin, a former postmaster.^[3]

Martinsville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°47′28″N 90°24′25″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Copiah
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	692045[1]

Martinsville was once home to two churches, a school, and lumber mills.^[4]

A post office operated under the name Martinsville from 1868 to 1964.^[5]

During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, Martinsville was quarantined for three months and had no diagnosed cases of yellow fever.^[6]

References

1. "Martinsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Howe, Tony. "Martinsville, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
3. "Old Towns in Copiah". The MS GenWeb Project. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 175.
5. "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
6. Biennial Report of the Departments and Benevolent Institutions of the State of Mississippi for the Years ... J.L. Power, State Printer. 1880. p. 131.