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
Martinsville
Martinsville
Coordinates: 31°47′28″N 90°24′25″W
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyCopiah
Elevation
443 ft (135 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)601 & 769
GNIS feature ID692045[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.


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