Welcome to Merritt ...Merritt is primarily located in Lawrence County<1>. A portion of Merritt extends into Pennington County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Merritt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888. From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Merritt had a population of 174 people.<2> (see below for details). Merritt is 5,100 feet [1,554 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Merritt is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Merritt lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Merritt: 605 Communities Also Named Merritt ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Merritt - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Merritt. Communities near Merritt ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Merritt.
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 Merritt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Merritt. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Merritt. 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 Merritt. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Merritt. See our Newspapers Page for Merritt. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Merritt ...Looking for more information about Merritt? 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 Merritt, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Merritt. Adding Merritt to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Merritt 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 (so far) for Merritt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Merritt. Footnotes ...
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