Do you know of Melton ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Melton. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Melton.<1>

We found mention of Melton as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

Communities Also Named Melton ...

We found eight communities that share the name Melton.

Within New Jersey, the name Melton is unique.

Beyond New Jersey, we know of another eight communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these eight communities, seven are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Hale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Melton [Hale County].
- Georgia
  - Richmond County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Melton [Richmond County].
- Iowa
  - Worth County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Melton [Worth County].
- Manitoba
  - Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Melton.
- Mississippi
  - Jefferson County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Melton [Jefferson County].
- Missouri
  - Benton County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Melton [Benton County].
  - Reynolds County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Melton [Reynolds County].
- Texas
  - Hunt County
  - We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Melton [Hunt County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Melton ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Melton:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Melton - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned

More Orphans in Middlesex County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Middlesex County.

Amboy	Leisure World
Arbor	Lincoln
Arbors	Livingston Park
	Lower Jamesburgh
Bloomfield Terrace	Lynn Oaks
Bloomfield
Bound Brook Heights	Marconnier
Brainy Boro	McDonoughs
Brights	Metuchen
	Middlesex
Camp Kilmer	Millstone
Carteret	Milltown
Central Park
Ceramics	New Brunswick Heights
Clay Bank	Nixon Park
Colonial Gardens	North Brunswick
Cranberry	North Edison
Cranbury Center
	Perty Amboy
Donaldson Park	Piscatawaytown
Dunellen	President Park
Durham Park
Durham	Raritan Junction
	Roberts'
East Bound Brook	Roosevelt

Genasco	Sayre Woods South
Genoa	Sayreville
	Shore Crest
Halls Corners	South Brunswick
Harrison	South Plainfield
Heatherwood	South River
Helmetta Park	Spa Springs
Helmetta	Spotswood
Herberts Corner	Stephenville
Heyden	Suche's
Hilltop Terrace
Hoffman's	Triangle Center
Houtenville
	Valley
Keasbey Heights
Keasbeys	Washington
	Whiteheads
Lake Nelson	Woodbridge Junction
Lake Ridge	Wrights
Lawrence Brook	Wynnewood

Footnotes ...

<1>

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

<2>

If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Melton could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.