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Welcome to Melville ...

The town of Melville is located in Saint Landry Parish<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Melville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Melville has a population of 1,035 people<2> (see below for details).

Melville is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Melville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Melville: 337

The ZIP code for Melville: 71353<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Melville had an population of 1,035 people. This is a decrease of 0.58% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 24.78% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Melville had a population of 1,041 people. This makes Melville the parish's 8th most populous community.

The population of Melville represents 0.02% of the population of Louisiana (which has 4,533,372 people), making it the state's 167th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,041 people, the population of Melville decreased 24.35% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,376 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Melville.

Communities Also Named Melville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Melville - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (3), Ontario (2), Oregon, Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Melville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melville ...

Looking for more information about Melville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Melville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Melville.

Adding Melville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melville 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 Melville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

From that list, the Melville post office opened in 1889.

We also found Melville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Saint Landry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Melville.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Melville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Melville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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