Melrose Oregon Map

About Melrose, Oregon

Melrose is a locality in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 834. The population density is 74.0 people per km². Melrose is located at 43.2476°N, 123.4590°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97471.

Melrose holds a quiet gravity in the landscape, defined by the persistent, rhythmic passage of Champagne Creek as it carves through the earth. It lies 6.3 miles west-northwest of Roseburg, OR (from Roseburg, OR: bearing 290°T), and is situated 7.6 miles northwest of Green. The land rises and falls in long, muscular swells, blanketed in a dense, dark coniferous growth that seems to swallow the afternoon light before it can reach the floor. Two miles to the east, the stillness of Lammys Reservoir mirrors the sky, a flat, silver expanse that anchors the surrounding woodland. Far to the south, the jagged, distant silhouettes of the Klamath Mountains blur into the horizon, reminding the observer of a vast, geological scale that makes the human presence here feel both temporary and remarkably precise.

Melrose emerged from the rugged necessity of the frontier, a place where the economy was long dictated by the timber harvested from the surrounding slopes and the stubborn yield of the soil. The life of the region remains tethered to the South Umpqua, which provides a vital, wild artery for the local ecosystem and maintains the slow, deliberate pace of life found throughout the Champagne Creek Valley. Agriculture here is a quiet, patient endeavor, marked by the changing colors of the seasons rather than the frantic pulse of the city. The character of Melrose resides in this isolation, where the air carries the scent of damp bark and pine, and the days pass in a steady, unadorned sequence that ignores the rush of the modern world.

About This Melrose Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Melrose, Oregon. Coordinates: 43.247615, -123.458968. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Melrose includes the ZIP code (97471), telephone area code (503, 971), county seat of Douglas County (Roseburg), and school district assignment (Douglas County SD 4).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.