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Welcome to Meg ...

Meg is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Meg is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Meg lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Meg: 479

Communities near Meg ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Meg.

  • Booneville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Ozark
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Ozark is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,626 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ozark <3>
  • Paris
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Charleston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lavaca
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Lavaca is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavaca
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,439 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lavaca <3>
  • Mulberry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kibler
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Kibler is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kibler
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,028 people
  • Coal Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Dyer
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyer is located in Crawford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dyer <3>
  • Magazine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Magazine is located in Logan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Magazine
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 824 people

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 Meg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Meg.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Meg. 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 Meg.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Meg. See our Newspapers Page for Meg.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meg ...

Looking for more information about Meg? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Meg, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Meg.

Adding Meg to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meg in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Meg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Meg post office opened in 1898. The Meg post office closed in 1937.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meg - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/