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Welcome to Merrills Landing ...

Merrills Landing is located in Butte County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Merrills Landing: Merrills Lndg. (or less commonly used: Merrills Lndng.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Merrills Landing for more information about variations on the name of Merrills Landing.

Merrills Landing is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Merrills Landing: 530 & 837<3>

Communities near Merrills Landing ...

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

  • Chico
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Chico is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chico
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 102,867 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Chico <4>
  • Orland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Corning
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Tehama
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Capay
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Capay is located in Glenn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Capay
  • Kirkwood
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Kirkwood is located in Tehama County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
  • Nord ‑ Historic
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Nord is located in Butte County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nord
  • Hamilton City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Los Molinos
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Gerber
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Merrills Landing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Merrills Landing.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Merrills Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Butte, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Merrills Landing - 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 530 code has been Overlayed with the 837 area code. New phone numbers in the Merrills Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 530 or 837. As a result, placing a call in the Merrills Landing 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.