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Martin County, North Carolina

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29historic places

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1774formed

22,031pop. 2020

11cemeteries

3CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 29 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Williamston, Hamilton, Robersonville.

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

12 of 29 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

29 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Bear Grass Primitive Baptist Church	Bear Grass	Building	2005
Bear Grass School	Bear Grass	District	2005
Biggs, Asa, House and Site	Williamston	Building	1979
Burras House	Jamesville	Building	1978
Conoho Creek Historic District	Hassell	District	1998
Darden Hotel	Hamilton	Building	1975
Everetts Christian Church	Everetts	Building	2005
Everetts Historic District	Everetts	District	2014
First Christian Church	Robersonville	Building	2005
Fort Branch Site	Hamilton	Site	1973
Griffin, W.W., Farm	Williamston	Building	2001
Hamilton Historic District	Hamilton	District	1980
Hickory Hill	Hamilton	Building	1984
Jamesville Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery	Jamesville	Building	1984
Jones, Jesse Fuller, House	Spring Green	Building	1982
Little, W. J., House	Robersonville	Building	1985
Martin County Courthouse	Williamston	Building	1979
Oak City Christian Church	Oak City	Building	2005
Roberson-Everett-Roebuck House	Robersonville	Building	2010
Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church	Robersonville	Building	2005
Sherrod Farm	Hamilton	Building	1984
Skewarkey Primitive Baptist Church	Williamston	Building	2005
Smithwick's Creek Primitive Baptist Church	Farm Life	Building	2005
Spring Green Primitive Baptist Church	Hamilton	Building	2005
Sunny Side Inn	Williamston	Building	1995
West Martin School	Oak City	Building	2018
Williamston Colored School	Williamson	Building	2014
Williamston Commercial Historic District	Williamston	District	1995
Williamston Historic District	Williamston	District	2001

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 1774 (1774-03-19) from Halifax, Tyrrell.

MARTIN created from HALIFAX and TYRRELL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Martin County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
6,080	5,629	6,320	7,637	10,195	13,140	15,383	20,828	26,111	27,938	27,139	25,948	25,593	22,031

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

11 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 11 of 11 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Fields Cemetery	36.01265	-77.35108
Griffin Cemetery	36.00376	-77.34719
Harman Cemetery	36.03348	-77.3183
Manning Cemetery	35.7321	-76.95412
Martin Memorial Garden	35.83763	-77.14182
Mizell Cemetery	36.00182	-77.33996
Staton-Biggs Cemetery	35.81571	-77.05884
Stephenson Cemetery	36.04765	-77.33608
Tices Community Cemetery	35.72654	-77.02384
Williams Cemetery	36.01209	-77.35858
Woodlawn Cemetery	35.85849	-77.06495

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
Tranter'S Creek	773	25.8 km	NC006
Plymouth	1,236	32.4 km	NC012
Washington	3,301	33.8 km	NC011

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

Historical markers

HMdb link

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