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History · Melvin Village

Melvin Village’s post office opened in 1837, and 37% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 6 old photos and papers and maps from 1909 on.

1837first post office
0on the National Register
37%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Melvin Village’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Melvin Village began

When was Melvin Village founded?

1837

The Melvin Village post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 273189 years
Founding year: the first Melvin Village post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Melvin Village’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

On the map since 19093 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1987. Watch Melvin Village change.Deep rootsA post office since 1837: 189 years of Melvin Village.
★ What stands out · On the map

Melvin Village on the map, 1909 to 1987

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Melvin Village. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Melvin Village on the 1909 USGS mapMelvin Village on the 1956 USGS mapMelvin Village on the 1987 USGS map1909Winnipesaukee sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Melvin Village.

Timeline

Melvin Village, 1898 to 1930

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1898In the archiveThe Village Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H
  3. 20th century
  4. 1906In the archiveMelvin Village from Lake Winnipesaukee
  5. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  6. 1920In the archiveWawbeek Lodge
  7. 1930In the archiveMelvin Village Bay, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H (66205)
The story so far

Melvin Village, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Melvin Village yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Melvin Village is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, United States. Its population at the 2020 census was 273. The village is a summer vacation spot on Melvin Bay of Lake Winnipesaukee.

Its first post office opened in 1837. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 241 to 273 (+13%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

Melvin Village, decade by decade

4 decades in the archive, from the 1890s to the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1890s–1920s5 items
The Village Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H1898The Village Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. HThe Wharf, Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H1898The Wharf, Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. HMelvin Village from Lake Winnipesaukee1906Melvin Village from Lake WinnipesaukeeView of1908View ofWawbeek Lodgec. 1920Wawbeek Lodge
1930s1 item
Melvin Village Bay, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H (66205)c. 1930Melvin Village Bay, Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H (66205)
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

The Village Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H
Retake this viewThe Village Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H, 1898

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Melvin Village’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Melvin Village

Nobody well known was born in Melvin Village itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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George WhippleAmerican physician and biomedical researcher · b. 1878
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Connie ConverseAmerican musician · b. 1924
Doris HaddockAmerican political activist · b. 1910
Adoniram Judson GordonAmerican hymnwriter · b. 1836
Bradford AndersonAmerican actor · b. 1979
Freddy MeyerAmerican ice hockey player · b. 1981
Help out

Finish Melvin Village’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
3 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewThe Village Melvin, Lake Winnipesaukee,…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Tuftonboro1 historic placeB+Moultonborough6 historic placesB+

Questions about Melvin Village’s history

What year was Melvin Village founded?

The Melvin Village post office opened in 1837, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6) and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.