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Martinsville

Ghost town · Clinton County, Indiana

Hillisburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000)
Hillisburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1961, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Martinsville is a ghost town in Clinton County, Indiana, recorded as human settlement in United States of America. It is the only former community in Clinton County recorded on the federal names register, out of 91 across Indiana.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Martinsville as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 40.3594° N, 86.3186° W.

Key facts

Elevation881 ft
Nearest living townForest, IN
Distance to it1.2 miles
Coordinates40.35936, -86.31856

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What's there now

Martinsville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Forest, IN (population 281), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 881 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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