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Welcome to Machpelah ...

Machpelah is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Machpelah, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Machpelah is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Machpelah: 704 & 980<3>

Communities near Machpelah ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Machpelah ...

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

Adding Machpelah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Machpelah 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 Machpelah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Machpelah post office opened in 1885. The Machpelah post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Machpelah.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Machpelah - 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 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Machpelah area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Machpelah 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/