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Martin County, Kentucky

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3historic places

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1870formed

11,287pop. 2020

24cemeteries

2CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 3 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1991. Most listings are in or near Inez, Beauty.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

2 of 3 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

3 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Himler, Martin, House	Beauty	Building	1991
Inez Deposit Bank	Inez	Building	2024
Martin County Courthouse	Inez	Building	2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Martin was formed in 1870 (1870-09-01) from Floyd, Johnson, Lawrence, Pike.

MARTIN created from FLOYD, JOHNSON, LAWRENCE, and PIKE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Martin County population from 1880 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
3,057	5,780	7,654	10,970	11,677	10,201	13,925	12,578	11,287

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

24 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 24 of 24 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bailey Cemetery	37.77592	-82.36375
Buffalo Horn Cemetery	37.95916	-82.53038
Caney Cemetery	37.72406	-82.44255
Caney Cemetery	None	None
Caney Cemetery	None	None
Chaffin Cemetery	37.90843	-82.45487
Chapman Cemetery	37.75548	-82.32239
Davis Cemetery	37.81037	-82.42459
Fluty Cemetery	37.93797	-82.49381
Goff Cemetery	37.74309	-82.33559
Harmon Cemetery	37.92481	-82.48431
Kirk Cemetery	37.72009	-82.50181
Kirk Cemetery	37.7862	-82.4357
Marcum Cemetery	37.76052	-82.35567
Marcum Cemetery	37.84815	-82.43904
Osborne Cemetery	37.87514	-82.45231
Parsley Cemetery	37.76301	-82.31302
Perry Cemetery	37.88481	-82.4682
Petercave Memorial Cemetery	37.76453	-82.45348
Roman Cemetery	37.89926	-82.44126
Stepp Cemetery	37.78262	-82.33988
Stepp Cemetery	37.79342	-82.43098
Triplett Cemetery	37.83259	-82.43987
Ward Cemetery	37.85232	-82.5446

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Castle	37.89583	-82.55472
West Lovely	37.82167	-82.40722

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Ivy Mountain	450	27.0 km	KY003
Middle Creek	912	30.0 km	KY005

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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