Martinsville City
Martinsville City Hall is located at 59 South Jefferson Street, Martinsville, IN 46151l phone: 756‑342‑2861.
Neighborhoods
- Adams Ranch
- Arnwood
- Artesian Acres
- Avalon Woods
- Bethany Park
- Big Bend Estates
- Burton Place
- Cedar Run
- Champlin Meadows
- Clear Creek Estates
- Continental Manor
- Corlett Ridge
- Crooked Creek Estates
- Cunningham
- Derbys Subdivision
- Dynasty
- Dynasty South
- Equestrian Trails
- Fairfield
- Falcon Crest
- Firestation Road Estates
- Fox Cliff North
- Foxcliff
- Foxcliff Estates
- Foxcliff Estates North
- Foxcliff Estates South
- Foxcliff Green
- Foxcliff South
- Foxrun
- Friendship Meadows
- Green Meadows
- Habitat Village
- Haggard Estates
- Hahns Blue Acres
- Harmony Estates
- Harvey Woods
- Hickory Springs
- Indian Creek Village
- Jap Millers Addition
- Lake Edgewood
- Lakewood
- Legendary Hills
- Liberty Meadows
- Liberty Valley
- Lincoln Heights
- Michell Addition
- Morgan Trails
- Morton Acres
- North Stuart Manor Estates
- Oak Hills
- Oakleaf Estates
- Old Port Royal
- Painted Hills
- Parkview
- Patton Park
- Pine Hill
- Prathers
- Riverside Terrace
- Rolling Hills
- Rolling Ridge
- Rose Addition
- Rose Gardens
- Sand Creek Knoll
- Satterwhite Addition
- Shireman Estates
- Shirleys Addition
- South Stuart Manor Estates
- Southern Acres
- The Oaks of Edgewood
- Timberlake Woods
- Valley Vista Estates
- Whispering Winds
- Woodland Point
Beginnings [1, 2]
Martinsville (population 5,009) spreads out from a shaded public square around the red-painted brick courthouse built in 1859. The town is called Artesian City because of its therapeutic artesian waters, accidentally discovered many years ago when prospectors were drilling for gas. This water is now piped to several sanitoria treating arthritis, rheumatism and kindred ailments. According to old-timers, the curative properties of the water were discovered when a broken-down race horse, retired to pasture, drank of an artesian well and was rejuvenated, later winning many races for his owner.
Martinsville was established in 1821 with its first meeting taking place in March of 1822 at the house of John Gray. While it is not known for sure, the town may have been named for John Martin of Washington County, one of the county's first commissioners.
- Indiana Writers' Project, Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, Indiana: A Guide to the Hoosier State, American Guide Series, 1941, Department of Public Relations, Indiana State Teachers College.
- Charles Blanchard, Editor, Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana, F. A. Battey and Company, Publishers, 1884, Chicago.