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History · Inez

Inez’s post office opened in 1874, and 2 of its places are on the National Register

Most of Inez was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Its Register listings are the Martin County Courthouse and the Inez Deposit Bank. Below: maps from 1916 on and the census since 1880.

1874first post office
2on the National Register
6%homes built before 1940
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Inez began

When was Inez founded?

1874

The Inez post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 1942.

First census: 108 in 18802020 census: 546152 years
Founding year: the first Inez post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 1942.The full story ↓

What stands out about Inez’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 Inez are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19164 editions of the USGS map, 1916 to 1992. Watch Inez change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Inez’s history is told.

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On the map

Inez on the map, 1916 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Inez. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Inez on the 1916 USGS mapInez on the 1954 USGS mapInez on the 1978 USGS mapInez on the 1992 USGS map1916Inez sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Inez.

The story

How Inez came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Inez.

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James Ward first settled the area about 1810; originally, it was named Arminta Ward's Bottom. J.M. Stepp renamed it Eden about the time it became the seat of government for Martin County in 1873. As there was already a post office named Eden, Kentucky, the local postmaster was obliged to rename the town on June 23, 1874. The name is usually held to have been derived from that of Inez Frank, daughter of the Louisa, Kentucky postmaster in neighboring Lawrence County.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Inez, 1874 to 1941

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1874Post officeThe Inez post office opens
  3. 1895Born hereNimrod Workman is born here
  4. 20th century
  5. 1916On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1941BuiltMartin County Courthouse is built
By decade

Inez, decade by decade

Today5 recent
Martin County Government Center2016Martin County Government CenterMartin County Courts Building in2014Martin County Courts Building inMartin County Courthouse in2014Martin County Courthouse inCha's Cain building in2014Cha's Cain building inKYMap-doton-Inez2004KYMap-doton-Inez
On the National Register

2 historic places in Inez

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

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first listed
2006
Martin County Courthouse
Martin County Courthouse, built 1941Inez Deposit Bank
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: WPA-Era Construction1
Martin County CourthouseLate 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: WPA-Era Construction · Built 1941
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Inez Deposit BankBuilding · listed 2024

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

People over time

Inez, census by census

020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 717

Between 108 and 717 people in every census since 1880.

11 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Inez’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Inez

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Nimrod WorkmanAmerican folk singer and union activist · b. 1895
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Josey Montana McCoyAmerican voice actor

Questions about Inez’s history

What year was Inez founded?

The Inez post office opened in 1874, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 1942.

What is on the National Register in Inez?

Two places: the Martin County Courthouse (listed 2006) and the Inez Deposit Bank (2024).

Memory lane

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

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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 (5), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (2), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.