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Welcome to Melita ...

Melita is located in Sonoma County<1>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Melita


While we don't have a date for the founding of Melita, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

Melita is 320 feet [98 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Melita lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Melita: 707 & 369<3>

Communities Also Named Melita ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Melita - they are located in Manitoba and Michigan.

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

Communities near Melita ...

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

  • Santa Rosa
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Petaluma
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petaluma
    • Petaluma is located in Sonoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 60,632 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petaluma <4>
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Petaluma

      From Melita to Petaluma

  • Rohnert Park
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Windsor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
    • Windsor is located in Sonoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,322 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windsor <4>
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Windsor

      From Melita to Windsor

  • Healdsburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Sonoma
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonoma
    • Sonoma is located in Sonoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,973 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sonoma <4>
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Sonoma

      From Melita to Sonoma

  • Sebastopol
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Cotati
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotati
    • Cotati is located in Sonoma County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,453 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cotati <4>
    • Google driving directions:

      From your current location to Cotati

      From Melita to Cotati

  • Saint Helena
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Calistoga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melita ...

Looking for more information about Melita? 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 Melita, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melita.

Adding Melita to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melita 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 for Melita was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melita.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melita. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Sonoma County: www.sonoma-county.org/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Sonoma, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melita - 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 707 code has been Overlayed with the 369 area code. New phone numbers in the Melita area will be assigned with one of these codes: 707 or 369. As a result, placing a call in the Melita 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.









 

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