Do you know of Meridian ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Meridian. 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 Meridian.
Our sources for Meridian (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 Meridian other than they indicate that Meridian would be found somewhere in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1884 and closed in 1908.
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 Meridian ...
We found 26 communities that share the name Meridian.
Within Virginia, the name Meridian is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another 26 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Ashley County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Meridian [Ashley County].
- California
- Colusa 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 Meridian [Colusa County].
- Kern County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Meridian [Kern County].
- Santa Clara County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Meridian [Santa Clara County].
- Sutter County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Meridian [Sutter County].
- Colorado
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meridian [Douglas County].
- Florida
- Leon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Meridian [Leon County].
- Georgia
- McIntosh County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Meridian [McIntosh County].
- Idaho
- Ada County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Meridian [Ada County].
- Kansas
- Sumner County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Meridian [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Pendleton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Meridian [Pendleton County].
- Louisiana
- Evangeline Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Meridian [Evangeline Parish].
- Michigan
- Gratiot 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 Michigan community of Meridian [Gratiot County].
- Ingham County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Meridian [Ingham County].
- Mississippi
- Lauderdale County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Meridian [Lauderdale County].
- Nebraska
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Meridian [Jefferson County].
- New York
- Cayuga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Meridian [Cayuga County].
- Oklahoma
- Beaver 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 Oklahoma community of Meridian [Beaver County].
- Logan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Meridian [Logan County].
- Roger Mills County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Meridian [Roger Mills County].
- Stephens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Meridian [Stephens County].
- Pennsylvania
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Meridian [Butler County].
- Tennessee
- Cumberland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Meridian [Cumberland County].
- Texas
- Bosque County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Meridian [Bosque County].
- Washington
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Meridian ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Meridian:
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 Meridian - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Dinwiddie 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 Dinwiddie County.
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 Meridian 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/ |