Welcome to Melstrand ...
Melstrand is located in the central region of Michigan's Upper Peninsula (UP).
Melstrand is located in Alger County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Melstrand, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.
Melstrand is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Melstrand lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Code for Melstrand: 906
Communities near Melstrand ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melstrand.
- Munising
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Indian Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Indian Town have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Indian Town
- Indian Town is located in Alger County
- Shingleton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Doty
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Doty. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doty
- Doty is located in Alger County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Doty
- From Melstrand to Doty
- Creighton
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Creighton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creighton
- Creighton is located in Schoolcraft County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Creighton
- From Melstrand to Creighton
- Wetmore
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Walsh
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Walsh. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walsh
- Walsh is located in Schoolcraft County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Walsh
- From Melstrand to Walsh
- Munising Junction
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Steuben
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Steuben. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steuben
- Steuben is located in Schoolcraft County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Steuben
- From Melstrand to Steuben
- Au Train
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
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 Melstrand. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melstrand.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melstrand. 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 Melstrand.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melstrand. See our Newspapers Page for Melstrand.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melstrand ...
Looking for more information about Melstrand? 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 Melstrand, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melstrand.
Adding Melstrand to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Melstrand 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 Melstrand was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Melstrand post office opened in 1917.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Melstrand.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Alger, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melstrand - 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> | 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. |
| <5> | 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. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |