Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Humboldt County |
Coordinates: | 41.2081°N -123.7553°W |
Elevation M: | 96 |
Elevation Ft: | 315 |
Martins Ferry is a former settlement in Klamath County and later in Humboldt County, California. It lay on the Klamath River, at an elevation of . It still appeared on maps in 1983.
A post office operated at Martins Ferry from 1861 to 1862 and from 1865 to 1891. There was a military fort at the place in the 1860s. The name honors John F. Martin, its first postmaster, who also operated a ferry.