Welcome to Merrillsville ...
So far, we found very little information about Merrillsville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Merrillsville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Merrillsville - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Merrillsville, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Merrillsville , we believe that it would have been located within present day Saint Clair County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Merrillsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.
Time Zone: The area where Merrillsville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Communities Also Named Merrillsville ...
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Merrillsville.
Adding Merrillsville to Our Gazetteer ...
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Merrillsville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
From that list, the Merrillsville post office opened in 1852.
We also found Merrillsville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Merrillsville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for Saint Clair County: www.stclaircounty.org/
The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Merrillsville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Saint Clair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |