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Welcome to Melville ...

Melville is located in Clatsop County<1>.


The location of Melville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Melville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

Melville is near sea level<3>.

Time Zone: Melville lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Telephone area codes for Melville: (503) & (971)<4>

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 Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia (3), Ontario (2), Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Vermont and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Melville ...

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

  • Astoria
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Seaside
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Warrenton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Warrenton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warrenton
    • Warrenton is located in Clatsop County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,739 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrenton <5>
  • Cannon Beach
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gearhart
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
    • Gearhart is located in Clatsop County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <5>
  • Ilwaco
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ilwaco
    • Ilwaco is located in Pacific County (WA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,006 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ilwaco <5>
  • Hammond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hammond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hammond
    • Hammond is located in Clatsop County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hammond <5>
  • Jeffers Garden
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers Garden
    • Jeffers Garden is located in Clatsop County
  • Tongue Point Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tongue Point Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tongue Point Village
    • Tongue Point Village is located in Clatsop County
  • Svensen Junction
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
    • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County

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.<6>

From that list, the Melville post office opened in 1891.

We also found Melville in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melville.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Melville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Clatsop County: www.co.clatsop.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Clatsop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (971) is an overlay for area code (503).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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