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Welcome to Melon ...

Melon is located on the South Texas Plains.

Melon is located in Frio County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Melon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Melon is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Melon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Melon: 830

Communities near Melon ...

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

  • Pearsall
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Dilley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Derby
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Derby is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derby
    • Derby has also been known as:
    • Derby Colonia
  • North Pearsall
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • North Pearsall is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Pearsall
  • Divot ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Divot is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divot
  • Hilltop
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hilltop is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltop
    • Hilltop has also been known as:
    • Hilltop Colonia
  • Frio Town ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Frio Town is located in Frio County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frio Town
  • Moore
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Millett
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Millett is located in La Salle County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millett
  • Bigfoot
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Melon ...

Looking for more information about Melon? 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 Melon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Melon.

Adding Melon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Melon 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 Melon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Melon post office opened in 1909. The Melon post office closed in 1940.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Melon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Frio, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Melon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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