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Welcome to Melones ...So far, we found very little information about Melones. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Melones to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Melones, please Contact Us. Melones would have been located within present day Calaveras County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Melones, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Melones, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. The community was inundated by the New Melones Reservoir. While the community is gone, the present day location for Melones is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Melones was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time Melones would have been located in the (209) area code. Communities near Melones ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melones.
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 Melones. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melones. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melones. 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 Melones. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melones. See our Newspapers Page for Melones. Adding Melones to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Melones 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 Melones was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Melones mentioned on a train schedule titled San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga Railroad Employees' Time Table #38 (April 1924). For more details, see References and Mentions for Melones. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Calaveras County: www.co.calaveras.ca.us/ The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/ Footnotes ...
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