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History · Martin

Martin’s post office opened in 1878, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Martin was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. 1 place in town is on the National Register, among them a historic district with 40 buildings.

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How Martin began

When was Martin founded?

1878

The Martin post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 336148 years
Founding year: the first Martin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Martin’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Martin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.A historic districtThe Martin Historic District takes in 40 historic buildings.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Martin’s history is told.

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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
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On the National Register

1 listing protects 40 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Martin Historic District
Martin Historic District
Districts

Architectural styles listings

Queen Anne1
Colonial Revival1
Classical Revival1
Bungalow/Craftsman1
Folk Victorian1
Martin Historic DistrictQueen Anne

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

The story

How Martin came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Martin.

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Martin was incorporated in 1891. Its first settler, Henry C. Black, was the Air Line Railroad agent at its station (set up in 1877) at the junction of Red Hollow Road and the railroad. Henry Black built houses and established stores around the junction, which attracted other settlers. The Red Hollow Road was an important conduit for farm products from the mountain areas to Augusta and Savannah. The town was named for John Martin, a Rhode Island man who became governor of Georgia in 1782.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Martin, decade by decade

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Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

AvalonIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Martin’s history

What year was Martin founded?

The Martin post office opened in 1878, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Martin?

One place: the Martin Historic District (listed 1995).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.