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History · Martin

Martin’s post office opened in 1844, and 60% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1959 on and the census since 1950.

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60%homes built before 1940
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Quick answers

How Martin began

When was Martin founded?

1844

The Martin post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 407 in 19502020 census: 377182 years
Founding year: the first Martin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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.Old housesHalf of Martin’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1844: 182 years of Martin.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Martin’s history is told.

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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 southeastern Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 377 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1844. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 410 to 377 (-8%).

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

By decade

Martin, decade by decade

Today4 recent
Martin, Michigan2025Martin, MichiganMartin High School2019Martin High SchoolMartin (1)2019Martin (1)J. C. Wheeler Public Library2019J. C. Wheeler Public Library
On the map

Martin on the map, 1959 to 1982

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

Martin on the 1959 USGS mapMartin on the 1982 USGS map1959Wayland 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 Martin.

People over time

Martin, census by census

01002003004005001960198020002020Peak: 502

Between 377 and 502 people in every census since 1950.

8 censuses, 1950–2020.

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

Questions about Martin’s history

What year was Martin founded?

The Martin post office opened in 1844, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps and U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.