Melvin, IA

Melvin is a city in Osceola County, Iowa, United States. The 2020 census counted 199 residents. Melvin had its start in the year 1900 by the building of the Gowrie branch of the Rock Island Railroad through that territory. Former location of the famous MARVIN robot, created by Iowa Precision Robotics in 1983. The predecessor Hartley–Melvin district formed on July 1, 1981, through the merger of the Hartley and Melvin districts. That mix gives Melvin a clear local shape within Iowa, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present.