Welcome to Melvin ...

So far, we found very little information about Melvin. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Melvin to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Melvin, please Contact Us.

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Melvin would have been located within present day White Pine County<2>.

Melvin was founded in 1907.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Melvin is 5,940 feet [1,811 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Melvin is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Melvin was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Melvin was located: 775

Communities Also Named Melvin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Melvin - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Melvin.

Communities near Melvin ...

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

• Ruby Hill ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Ruby Hill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruby Hill
  • Ruby Hill has also been known as:
  • Rubyville
• Aurum ‑ Historic
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Aurum is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurum
• Cherry Creek
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Cherry Creek is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Creek
• Piermont ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Piermont is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piermont
• McGill
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • McGill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill
• Steptoe
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Steptoe is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Steptoe
• Adverse ‑ Historic
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Adverse is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adverse
• McGill Junction ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • McGill Junction is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McGill Junction
• Greens ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
  • Greens is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greens
• Baltimore Mill ‑ Historic
  (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
  • Baltimore Mill is located in White Pine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Mill

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

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

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

Adding Melvin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melvin in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Melvin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Melvin post office opened in 1907. The Melvin post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melvin.