The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMartell (formerly Oneida) is a census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Jackson, at an elevation of 1486 feet (453 m). The population was 207 at the 2020 census. Martell is located west of Jackson and east of Ione, by which it is connected by the Amador Central Railroad. Martell is where several major retail and restaurant outlets for Amador County are located. The community is in ZIP code 95654 and area code 209.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 282 to 207 (-27%). Half of its homes were built before 1949.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Martell yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Martell’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Martell’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Martell, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Martell is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Martell has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Kennedy Mine Historic District in Jackson, 1.6 miles away.
Martell and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.