Welcome to Melville ...
Melville is located in Alamance County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Melville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.
Melville is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Melville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Melville: 336 & 743<3>
Communities Also Named Melville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Melville - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New York, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (3), Ontario (2), Oregon, Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Melville.
Websites for Melville ...
Chamber of Commerce: www.alamancechamber.com/
Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Melville, the following might be of interest:
Communities near Melville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Melville.
- Chapel Hill
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Burlington
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Carrboro
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrboro have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrboro
- Carrboro is located in Orange County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 21,239 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carrboro <4>
- Mebane
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Graham
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Elon
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elon have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon
- Elon is located in Alamance County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,186 people
- Gibsonville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsborough
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Elon College
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Elon College came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elon College
- Elon College is located in Alamance County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elon College <4>
- Liberty
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Liberty have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
- Liberty is located in Randolph County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,671 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <4>
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 Melville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Melville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Melville. 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 Melville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Melville. See our Newspapers Page for Melville.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melville ...
Looking for more information about Melville? 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 Melville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melville.
Adding Melville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Melville 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 Melville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Melville post office opened in 1851.
We also found Melville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of North Carolina (1911).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Melville.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Alamance, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melville - 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 Melville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Melville 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> | 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. |
| <6> | If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |