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Welcome to Melbourne ...So far, we found very little information about Melbourne. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Melbourne to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Melbourne, please Contact Us. Melbourne would have been located within present day Saginaw County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Melbourne, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Melbourne, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. When the people of Melbourne referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Melburnian<4> Time Zone: The area where Melbourne was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Melbourne would have been located in the (989) area code. Communities Also Named Melbourne ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Melbourne - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Manitoba, Missouri, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Tennessee and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Melbourne. Communities near Melbourne ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melbourne.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Melbourne. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melbourne. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melbourne. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Melbourne. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melbourne. See our Newspapers Page for Melbourne. Adding Melbourne to Our Gazetteer ...The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Melbourne was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). We also found Melbourne on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911). For more details, see References and Mentions for Melbourne. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Saginaw County: www.saginawcounty.com/ The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/ Footnotes ...
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