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Welcome to Melby ...

Melby is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Melby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Melby is 1,260 feet [384 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Melby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Melby - they are located in Missouri and North Dakota.

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

Communities near Melby ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melby ...

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

Adding Melby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melby 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 Melby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Melby post office opened in 1888.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melby.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melby - 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/