Martinsville, Mississippi

Martinsville is an unincorporated community in Copiah County, Mississippi, United States. Martinsville is located on the former Illinois Central Gulf Railroad.[2] Martinsville was named for B. F. Martin, a former postmaster.[3]

Martinsville, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°47′28″N 90°24′25″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Copiah
Elevation	443 ft (135 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	601 & 769
GNIS feature ID	692045[1]

Martinsville was once home to two churches, a school, and lumber mills.[4]

A post office operated under the name Martinsville from 1868 to 1964.[5]

During the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878, Martinsville was quarantined for three months and had no diagnosed cases of yellow fever.[6]

References

1. "Martinsville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. Howe, Tony. "Martinsville, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
3. "Old Towns in Copiah". The MS GenWeb Project. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 175.
5. "Copiah County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
6. Biennial Report of the Departments and Benevolent Institutions of the State of Mississippi for the Years ... J.L. Power, State Printer. 1880. p. 131.