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Welcome to Melville Crossroads ...

Melville Crossroads is located in Caroline County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Melville Crossroads: Melville Xrds.

Melville Crossroads is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Melville Crossroads: 410, 443 & 667<3>

Communities near Melville Crossroads ...

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

  • Dover
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Dover is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dover <4>
  • Smyrna
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,163 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <4>
  • Chestertown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Centreville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Denton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Harrington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Camden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Camden is located in Kent County (DE)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Camden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,640 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Camden <4>
  • Clayton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Greensboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cheswold
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melville Crossroads ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Maryland's counties, including Caroline, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melville Crossroads - 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 410 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 443 or 667. New phone numbers in the Melville Crossroads area will be assigned with one of these codes: 410, 443 or 667. As a result, placing a call in the Melville Crossroads 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.