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History · St. Martin

St. Martin’s post office opened in 1864, and 10% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: maps from 1917 on and the census since 2000.

1864first post office
1on the National Register
10%homes built before 1940
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How St. Martin began

When was St. Martin founded?

1864

The St. Martin post office opened in 1864, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 91 in 20002020 census: 200162 years
Founding year: the first St. Martin post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about St. 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 St. Martin are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19174 editions of the USGS map, 1917 to 1974. Watch St. Martin change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Martin’s history is told.

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On the map

St. Martin on the map, 1917 to 1974

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

St. Martin on the 1917 USGS mapSt. Martin on the 1944 USGS mapSt. Martin on the 1960 USGS mapSt. Martin on the 1974 USGS map1917Sardinia 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 St. Martin.

The story so far

St. Martin, in brief

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

St. Martin is an unincorporated community and former village in Brown County, Ohio, United States. The community is served by the Fayetteville (45118) post office. The population was 200 at the 2020 census. In November 2011, voters chose to unincorporate St. Martin, and it now falls solely under the jurisdiction of Perry Township.

Its first post office opened in 1864. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 129 to 200 (+55%).

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

By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in St. Martin

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

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

People over time

St. Martin, census by census

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Grew from 91 people in 2000 to 200 in 2020.

3 censuses, 2000–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to St. Martin

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

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William Addison DwigginsAmerican artist · b. 1880
Clarence J. BrownAmerican politician · b. 1893
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Granville BarrereAmerican politician · b. 1829
Archelaus D. MarshPolitician from Celina, Ohio, United States · b. 1844
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Cary W. HartmanBeekeeper and scholar · b. 1859
Cooper SnyderAmerican politician · b. 1928

Questions about St. Martin’s history

What year was St. Martin founded?

The St. Martin post office opened in 1864, 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 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.