Inez

History

James Ward first settled the area about 1810; originally, it was named Arminta Ward's Bottom. J.M. Stepp renamed it Eden about the time it became the seat of government for Martin County in 1873. As there was already a post office named Eden, Kentucky, the local postmaster was obliged to rename the town on June 23, 1874. The name is usually held to have been derived from that of Inez Frank, daughter of the Louisa, Kentucky postmaster in neighboring Lawrence County. The Lincoln County Feud occurred in Lincoln County, West Virginia, during the 1880s. In October 1889, Milt Haley and Green McCoy, two West Virginia fugitives, were captured and subsequently held at the Martin County Jail. A West Virginia posse captured Haley and McCoy and lynched them at Green Shoal near Harts, West Virginia. In March 1995, songwriter and musician John Hartford and historian/author Brandon Kirk visited Inez as part of their research on the feud. President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Inez in 1964, landing by helicopter with his party at an abandoned miniature golf course, to promote the War on Poverty. According to a 2014 NPR article, the poverty rate at the time was more than 60 percent.

Geography

Inez is located at (37.866431, -82.539058). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Martin County High School
  High · Inez · 529 students · 17.6:1 ratio
• Eden Elementary School
  Elementary · Inez · 426 students · 17.8:1 ratio
• Warfield Elementary School
  Elementary · Warfield · 304 students · 15.2:1 ratio
• Martin County Middle School
  Middle · Warfield · 260 students · 17.3:1 ratio
• Inez Elementary School
  Elementary · Inez · 239 students · 14.1:1 ratio
• Martin County Area Technology Center
  High · Inez