Welcome to Melis ...
Melis is located in Walthall County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Melis, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.
Melis is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Melis lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Melis: 601 & 769<3>
Communities near Melis ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melis.
- Columbia
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Tylertown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Kokomo
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sartinville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Sartinville is located in Walthall County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartinville
- Topisaw
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Topisaw is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Topisaw
- Holmesville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Holmesville is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holmesville
- Verna
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Verna is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verna
- Tilton
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Tilton is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tilton
- Goss
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Goss is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goss
- Bacots
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Bacots is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bacots
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 Melis. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melis.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melis. 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 Melis.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melis. See our Newspapers Page for Melis.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melis ...
Looking for more information about Melis? 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 Melis, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melis.
Adding Melis to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Melis 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 Melis was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Melis post office opened in 1896. The Melis post office closed in 1909.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Melis.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Walthall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melis - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Melis area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Melis 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. |
| <5> | 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/ |