Welcome to Melgrove ...

So far, we found very little information about Melgrove. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Melgrove to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Melgrove, please Contact Us.

Melgrove would have been located within present day Berkeley County<2>.

The location of Melgrove has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Melgrove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1915.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Melgrove is near sea level<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Melgrove was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Melgrove once stood is in the (843) area code.

Websites for Melgrove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.bcoc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Melgrove, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Melgrove ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melgrove.

• Charleston
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
  • Charleston is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,714 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Charleston <5>
• North Charleston
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Charleston
  • North Charleston is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 118,752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Charleston <5>
• Mount Pleasant
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Mount Pleasant is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 92,799 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mount Pleasant <5>
• Summerville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summerville
  • Summerville is located in Dorchester County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,301 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Summerville <5>
• Goose Creek
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goose Creek
  • Goose Creek is located in Berkeley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 44,972 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goose Creek <5>
• Moncks Corner
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moncks Corner
  • Moncks Corner is located in Berkeley County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,497 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moncks Corner <5>
• James Island
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for James Island
  • James Island is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,226 people
• Hollywood
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollywood
  • Hollywood is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,268 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hollywood <5>
• Isle-of-Palms
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isle-of-Palms
  • Isle-of-Palms is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,371 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isle-of-Palms <5>
• Ravenel
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenel
  • Ravenel is located in Charleston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,768 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenel <5>

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 Melgrove. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melgrove.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melgrove. 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 Melgrove.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melgrove. See our Newspapers Page for Melgrove.

Adding Melgrove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melgrove 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 Melgrove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Melgrove post office opened in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melgrove.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Berkeley County: www.co.berkeley.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/