Martinsville, Mississippi

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Martinsville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Martinsville
Coordinates: 31°47′28″N90°24′25″W / 31.79111°N 90.40694°W / 31.79111; -90.40694 Coordinates: 31°47′28″N90°24′25″W / 31.79111°N 90.40694°W / 31.79111; -90.40694
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 ID692045 [1]

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 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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Martinsville". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Howe, Tony. "Martinsville, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 6 July 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. ↑ "Old Towns in Copiah". The MS GenWeb Project. Retrieved 7 July 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 175.
  5. ↑ "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 July 2020.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  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.


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