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Welcome to Melvin ...

Melvin is located in Polk County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Melvin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Melvin is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Melvin: 218

Communities Also Named Melvin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Melvin - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near Melvin ...

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

  • Crookston
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Red Lake Falls
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Fertile
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Erskine
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Climax
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Climax is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Climax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 261 people
  • Winger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Gary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Mentor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Beltrami
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Beltrami is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beltrami
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 99 people
  • Dugdale
    (7 miles [11.3 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 Melvin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melvin.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melvin ...

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

Adding Melvin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melvin 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 (so far) for Melvin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Melvin post office opened in 1890. The Melvin post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melvin.

Footnotes ...

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