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History · Martin

10% of Martin’s homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Thomas House.

1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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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.
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The story so far

Martin, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Martin yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Martin is a village in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Martin had a population of 524.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 594 to 524 (-12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Martin, decade by decade

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Martin

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

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2002
Thomas House
Thomas House, built 1855
Buildings

Architectural styles listings

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Thomas HouseBuilding · listed 2002

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Martin

Nobody well known was born in Martin itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Marques JohnsonAmerican basketball player · b. 1956
Henry Hopkins SibleyConfederate Army general · b. 1816
Vida BlueMajor League Baseball left-handed pitcher · b. 1949
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Vickie JohnsonAmerican basketball player and coach · b. 1972
Lee SmithAmerican baseball player · b. 1957
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Long John HunterAmerican Texas blues guitarist · b. 1931
Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Martin
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Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Martin’s history

What is on the National Register in Martin?

One place: the Thomas House (listed 2002).

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 (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1) 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.