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Welcome to Melborne ...

Melborne is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Melborne, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

Melborne is 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Melborne lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Melborne: 205 & 659<3>

Communities near Melborne ...

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

  • Columbus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Columbus is located in Lowndes County (MS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,307 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Columbus <4>
  • Vernon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Reform
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Caledonia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Millport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Kennedy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Kennedy is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kennedy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 421 people
  • Belk
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Belk is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belk
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Ethelsville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Ethelsville is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ethelsville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 73 people
  • Stafford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Stafford is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stafford
  • Hightogy
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Hightogy is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hightogy

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melborne ...

Looking for more information about Melborne? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Melborne, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melborne.

Adding Melborne to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melborne 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 (so far) for Melborne was on a map titled Map of Alabama (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melborne.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lamar, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melborne - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Melborne area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Melborne area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.