Welcome to Meade ...
So far, we found very little information about Meade. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Meade to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Meade, please Contact Us.
Meade would have been located within present day Van Buren County<2>.
The location of Meade has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Meade, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Meade is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Meade was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Meade (for example, toward Spring City), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
If Meade still existed, it would have been in the (931) area code.
Communities Also Named Meade ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Meade - they are located in Alabama, Kansas, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia (2).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Meade.
Communities near Meade ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Meade.
- Clarktown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Smyrna
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest) - McMinnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMinnville
- McMinnville is located in Warren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,776 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McMinnville <5>
- Sparta
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in White County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <5>
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south) - Newton
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
- Newton is located in Cumberland County
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
- Newton has also been known as:
- Peay
- Spencer
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencer have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencer
- Spencer is located in Van Buren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,710 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencer <5>
- Doyle
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Doyle is located in White County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 587 people
- Pleasant Hill
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pleasant Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant Hill is located in Cumberland County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
- Burnett
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.
We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Meade. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Meade.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Meade. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Meade.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Meade. See our Newspapers Page for Meade.
Adding Meade to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Meade in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Meade was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Meade post office opened in 1890.
We also found Meade in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Meade.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Meade, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Van Buren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meade - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |