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Welcome to Meltzer ...

Meltzer is located in Shelby County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meltzer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Meltzer is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Meltzer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Meltzer ...

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

  • Greenfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Shelbyville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Greensburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rushville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Edinburgh
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • New Palestine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Hope
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Hope is located in Bartholomew County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hope
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,248 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hope <3>
  • Morristown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Saint Paul
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Carthage
    (16 miles [25.7 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 Meltzer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Meltzer.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meltzer ...

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

Adding Meltzer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meltzer 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 Meltzer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Meltzer post office opened in 1880. The Meltzer post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meltzer.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meltzer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/