Do you know of Melvin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Melvin. 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 Melvin.<1>

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

Communities Also Named Melvin ...

We found sixteen communities that share the name Melvin.

Within Pennsylvania, the name Melvin is unique.

Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another sixteen communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these sixteen communities, fifteen are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
  - Choctaw County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Melvin [Choctaw County].
  - Lauderdale County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Melvin [Lauderdale County].
- California
  - Fresno County
  - Please visit our profile page for the California community of Melvin [Fresno County].
- Colorado
  - Arapahoe 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 Colorado community of Melvin [Arapahoe County].
- Florida
  - Hamilton 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 Florida community of Melvin [Hamilton County].
- Illinois
  - Ford County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Melvin [Ford County].
- Iowa
  - Osceola County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Melvin [Osceola County].
- Kentucky
  - Floyd County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Melvin [Floyd County].
- Michigan
  - Sanilac County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Melvin [Sanilac County].
- Minnesota
  - Polk County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Melvin [Polk County].
- Missouri
  - Benton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Melvin [Benton County].
- Nevada
  - White Pine County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Melvin [White Pine County].
- Ohio
  - Clinton County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Melvin [Clinton County].
- Oklahoma
  - Cherokee 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 Oklahoma community of Melvin [Cherokee County].
- Ontario
  - 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 Ontario community of Melvin.
- Texas
  - McCulloch County
  - Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Melvin [McCulloch County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Melvin ...

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

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

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

More Orphans in McKean County ...

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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 McKean County.

Allegheny Bridge
Alton	Lafferty
	Lants
Babcock
Babcock's Mill	McAmbley
Bellrun	McCalmont
Bell's Run	Murray Hill
Bolivar Run
Broder	Neilly's
Bullis	Newerf
Burning Well	Newtown
Burrows	North Branch
Buttsville
	Olivedale
Camp Halsey	Ostrander
Carroll
Cerestown	Palmerville
Clermont Junction	Phalin
Clermontville	Pine Run
Coffey Run	Portage Creek
Corryville	Prentiss Vale
Crawford
Cumming	Quigley
	Quinnwood
Davis	Quinton
Digel
Dunkle	Red Bridge
	Riderville
East Bradford
Eden	Sargent
Elmwood	Shaffer's Mill
Englers	Smithport
	Smith's Run
Forest	Song Bird
Fraley's	South Branch
	Southard
Gallagher	Spaulings
Garner	State Line
Glenn
Goodell	Tarport
Gridley's	Tome's
	Town Line
Hamlin	Tuna Creek
Hazelwood	Turtle Point
Hess Mill
Howard Junction	Watsonville
Howard's Hill	Weaver's Mills
	Weedsport
Indian Creek	West Kane
	White Gravel
Jo Jo Junction	Williams' Mills
Joville	Wilson
	Windfall
Kendall Creek	Woodland
Kendall	Woodvale

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 Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek 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 Melvin 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.