Martin, Tennessee Martin, Tennessee Location of Martin, Tennessee Location of Martin, Tennessee Country United States State Tennessee Martin is a town/city in Weakley County, Tennessee, United States.
Martin, Tennessee is titled for Captain William Martin. William Martin was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1806, and moved to Weakley County, Tennessee with his wife Sarah in 1832. Captain Martin prospered through tobacco farming and began working to establish a barns connection in what would later turn into Martin in 1852. It was not until after his death in 1859 that his sons, led primarily by George W.
Martin, persuaded the Mississippi Central Railroad to locate a connection with the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad in what would turn into Martin, Tennessee in 1872 Martin is the home of the University of Tennessee at Martin.
Martin is positioned at 36 20 31 N 88 51 6 W (36.341836, -88.851647). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 12.4 square miles (32 km2), of which 12.4 square miles (32 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (0.32%) is water.
State Route 431 (Main Street, University Street) The populace density was 848.9 citizens per square mile (327.7/km ).
There were 3,773 homeholds out of which 24.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 41.1% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 46.2% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 16.7% under the age of 18, 32.6% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 16.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $26,493, and the median income for a family was $38,648.
About 15.8% of families and 27.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 27.7% of those under age 18 and 15.7% of those age 65 or over.
The ZIP codes used in the Martin region are: 38237 and 38238, with the latter reserved for the University of Tennessee at Martin.
University of Tennessee at Martin University of Tennessee Botanical Gardens United States Enumeration Bureau.
United States Geological Survey.
"William Wartin".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing: Decennial Censuses".
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
Municipalities and communities of Weakley County, Tennessee, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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University suburbs in the United States - Cities in Weakley County, Tennessee
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