Martinsville is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in western Harrison County,

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, United States. The community is 2.5 miles east of the Harrison-

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county line at the intersection of Missouri routes F and D. Panther Creek flows past the northwest side of the community and

Sampson Creek Sampson Creek is a stream in Daviess, Gentry and Harrison counties of the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the Grand River. The stream headwaters arise in Harrison County just southwest of Martinsville at approximately and an eleva ...

's headwaters are approximately 1.5 miles to the southwest.

History

Martinsville was laid out in 1856, and named after Zadoc Martin, the proprietor of a

watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...

. A post office called Martinsville has been in operation since 1868.

References

Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{HarrisonCountyMO-geo-stub