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Welcome to Melmont ...

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

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

Melmont would have been located within present day Pierce County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Melmont, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Melmont, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

Time Zone: The area where Melmont was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Melmont once stood is in the (360) area code.

Communities Also Named Melmont ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Melmont - it's located in Idaho.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Melmont.

Communities near Melmont ...

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

  • Puyallup
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bonney Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Edgewood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Enumclaw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Sumner
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Orting
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pacific
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Black Diamond
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Buckley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Algona
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Melmont to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Melmont was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Melmont post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melmont.

The official website for Pierce County: www.co.pierce.wa.us/

The official website for State of Washington: https://access.wa.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 Melmont, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Pierce, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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