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Welcome to Melvin ...So far, we found very little information about Melvin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Melvin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Melvin, please Contact Us. Melvin would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>. The location of Melvin has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> Melvin was founded in 1907. While the community is gone, the present day location for Melvin is 5,940 feet [1,811 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Melvin is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Melvin was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Melvin would have been located in the (775) area code. Communities Also Named Melvin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Melvin - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Melvin. Communities near Melvin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melvin.
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 Melvin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melvin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melvin. 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 Melvin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melvin. See our Newspapers Page for Melvin. Adding Melvin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Melvin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Melvin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Melvin on a map titled Map of the Lincoln Highway (1924). For more details, see References and Mentions for Melvin. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for White Pine County: www.co.white-pine.nv.us/ The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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