Melchor Ocampo, State of Mexico

Melchor Ocampo is a town and municipality in State of Mexico, Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 32.48 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 37,706.
Name
From its founding until 1894, the municipality was known as Tlacomulco and then San Miguel Tlaxomulco; the latter portion comes from the Nahuatl words tlalli (earth); xomolli (corner or small place) and co of coztic (in), that is to say, "In some corner of the earth" or "a little corner of ground".
In 1894, the legislature of the State of Mexico decreed that the place would be called "Ocampo".
|- ! Year !! Event |- | 1435 || Return of the Xaltomecas and possible establishment of Tlacomulco. |- | 1821 || Establishment of the municipality of Tultepec, May 3rd. Included San Miguel, Visitación and Tenopalco, among others. |- | 1854 || Establishment of the municipality of San Miguel Tlaxomulco,...