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Welcome to Melborne Heights ...

Melborne Heights is located in Guilford County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Melborne Heights: Melborne Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Melborne Heights is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Melborne Heights: 336 & 743<3>

Communities near Melborne Heights ...

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

  • Greensboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Winston - Salem
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Thomasville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Kernersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lexington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Archdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Summerfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Oak Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Trinity
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Stokesdale
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melborne Heights ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Guilford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melborne Heights - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Melborne Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Melborne Heights 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.