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Martin, NEPhoto: Jared Winkler · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History · Martin

Half of Martin’s homes were built after 1974

Most of Martin was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1974. Below: maps from 1897 on.

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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.On the map since 18974 editions of the USGS map, 1897 to 1985. Watch Martin change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Martin’s history is told.

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On the map

Martin on the map, 1897 to 1985

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 1897 USGS mapMartin on the 1900 USGS mapMartin on the 1971 USGS mapMartin on the 1985 USGS map1897Ogallala sheet · 1:125,000

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

The story

How Martin came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Martin.

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Martin got its start following construction of the Union Pacific Railroad through the territory.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Martin, decade by decade

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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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Gary GlickAmerican football player · b. 1930
Fred DuttonRecipient of the Purple Heart medal · b. 1923
Cliff MapesAmerican baseball player · b. 1922
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Bill CallihanAmerican football player · b. 1916
James Theodore RichmondAmerican librarian · b. 1890
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John MasonAmerican ceramic artist · b. 1927

Questions about Martin’s history

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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 (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.