Welcome to Melvin ...Melvin is located in Choctaw County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Melvin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. Melvin is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Melvin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Melvin: 251 The ZIP code for Melvin: 36913<3> Communities Also Named Melvin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Alabama communities named Melvin: This one is located in Choctaw County and the other is located in Lauderdale County. Beyond Alabama, there are 16 communities that are also named Melvin - they are located in California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, 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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melvin ...Looking for more information about Melvin? 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 Melvin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melvin. Adding Melvin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Melvin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Melvin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Melvin. Footnotes ...
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