Do you know of Meadows ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Meadows. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Meadows.
Our sources for Meadows (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Meadows other than they indicate that Meadows would be found somewhere in Chambers County, Alabama.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1890 and closed in 1891.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Meadows ...
We found 58 communities that share the name Meadows.
There is one other community in Alabama which is also named Meadows.
Beyond Alabama, we know of another 57 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 57 communities, 54 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Alabama ...
- Houston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Meadows [Houston County].
- Houston County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Meadows [Crawford County].
- British Columbia
- Please visit our profile page for the British Columbia community of Meadows.
- California
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Meadows [Orange County].
- Sacramento County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Meadows [Sacramento County].
- Colorado
- Park County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meadows [Park County].
- Pueblo County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meadows [Pueblo County].
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Meadows [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Sarasota County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Meadows [Sarasota County].
- Georgia
- Bibb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meadows [Bibb County].
- Camden County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meadows [Camden County].
- Fayette County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meadows [Fayette County].
- Fulton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meadows [Fulton County].
- Glynn County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meadows [Glynn County].
- Johnson County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meadows [Johnson County].
- Idaho
- Adams County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Meadows [Adams County].
- Illinois
- DuPage County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Meadows [DuPage County].
- Lake County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Meadows [Lake County].
- McLean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Meadows [McLean County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Meadows [Polk County].
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Caddo Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Meadows [Caddo Parish].
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Meadows.
- Maryland
- Anne Arundel County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Anne Arundel County].
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Baltimore County].
- Calvert County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Calvert County].
- Carroll County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Carroll County].
- Charles County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Charles County].
- Frederick County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Frederick County].
- Prince George's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Prince George's County].
- Queen Anne's County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Meadows [Queen Anne's County].
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Monroe County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Meadows [Monroe County].
- Saratoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Meadows [Saratoga County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Meadows.
- North Carolina
- Forsyth County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Meadows [Forsyth County].
- Henderson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Meadows [Henderson County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Meadows [Orange County].
- Stokes County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Meadows [Stokes County].
- Nova Scotia
- Please visit our profile page for the Nova Scotia community of Meadows.
- Ohio
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Meadows.
- Pennsylvania
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Meadows [Montgomery County].
- South Carolina
- Greenville County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Meadows [Greenville County].
- Oconee County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Meadows [Oconee County].
- Union County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Meadows [Union County].
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Fort Bend County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Meadows [Fort Bend County].
- Utah
- Davis County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Meadows [Davis County].
- Virginia
- Albemarle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Meadows [Albemarle County].
- Charlottesville City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Meadows [Charlottesville City].
- James City County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Meadows [James City County].
- Northampton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Meadows [Northampton County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Meadows [Randolph County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Meadows ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Meadows:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Meadows - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
More Orphans in Chambers County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Chambers County.
| Aycock | Mount Hickory |
| Barber | Piedmont Heights |
| Boyd's Tank | |
| Redland Heights | |
| Daws | Roxana |
| Drivers | |
| Sandy Creek | |
| Happy Land | |
| Hickory Flat | Ward |
| Welsh | |
| Jarrett | Wickliffe |
| Wise |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Meadows could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |