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Welcome to Amelith ...

Amelith is located in Bay County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Amelith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

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

Area Code for Amelith: 989

Communities near Amelith ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Amelith ...

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

Adding Amelith to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Amelith in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Amelith was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Amelith post office opened in 1894. The Amelith post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Amelith.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Bay, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<3>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/