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Churches in Martin County

Martin County, Kentucky has 24 churches in the Churches List directory, 1 of them verified and 3 with a published website. The 2020 US Religion Census counted 30 congregations and 2,883 adherents across 9 religious bodies in the county. That is 255 adherents per 1,000 residents of its 11,290 people.

24
Directory listings
30
2020 Census congregations
2,883
2020 Census adherents
11,290
Population (2020 Census)
Martin County KY · 2026
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Religious bodies in Martin County (2020 US Religion Census)

Religious body Congregations Adherents Per 1,000 pop.
National Association of Free Will Baptists 8 863 76.4
Southern Baptist Convention 3 798 70.7
Churches of Christ 5 308 27.3
Church of the Nazarene 3 284 25.2
Non-denominational Christian Churches 2 230 20.4
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) 4 219 19.4
United Methodist Church 1 94 8.3
Sardis Association of Old Regular Baptists 3 66 5.8
Indian Bottom Association of Old Regular Baptists 1 21 1.9

Source: 2020 US Religion Census (Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies). Per-1,000 rates divide reported adherents by the county's 2020 Census population (11,290). Largest 12 bodies by adherents shown.

Inside the county

Cities and towns in Martin County

Directory traditions here: Baptist Churches (7) · Church of the Nazarene (4) · Church of Christ (3) · Non-Denominational (3) · Brethren (2) · Church of God (2) · Catholic (1) · Methodist (1) · United Church of Christ (1)

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Researching ancestors from Martin County?

Church registers are among the richest genealogical sources: baptisms, marriages, and burials often predate civil records. The FamilySearch catalog holds microfilmed church records for many Kentucky counties, filed by denomination and parish name: search Martin County church records on FamilySearch (free account). Cross-reference with the historic-register churches above and the cemeteries listed on each church's page.

Disaster history of Martin County

FEMA has issued 37 disaster declarations covering Martin County since records began in 1953, most recently in 2026. The most frequent cause: severe storm (15 declarations). Churches have historically served as shelters and relief hubs in these events; congregations can register preparedness plans with their county emergency management agency.

Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.

How this county page is assembled

Directory listings are mapped to Martin County through the US Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file: each ZIP Code Tabulation Area is assigned to the county holding the largest share of its land area, so a small number of churches in ZIP codes that straddle county lines may be attributed to a neighboring county. Congregation and adherent counts come from the 2020 US Religion Census and are reported by the religious bodies themselves. Population is the county's April 2020 decennial-census base from the US Census Bureau's population-estimates program; per-1,000 adherence rates divide reported adherents by that figure. Corrections to any listing go through the corrections page.