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Welcome to Meadow Lakes ...

Meadow Lakes is located in Fresno County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meadow Lakes, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1930.

A typical abbreviation for Meadow Lakes: Meadow Lks.

Meadow Lakes is 4,450 feet [1,356 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Meadow Lakes is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Meadow Lakes lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Meadow Lakes: 559

Communities Also Named Meadow Lakes ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Meadow Lakes - they are located in Alaska and South Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Meadow Lakes.

Communities near Meadow Lakes ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meadow Lakes ...

Looking for more information about Meadow Lakes? 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 Meadow Lakes, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Meadow Lakes.

Adding Meadow Lakes to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meadow Lakes 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 for Meadow Lakes was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Meadow Lakes post office opened in 1930.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meadow Lakes.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Fresno, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meadow Lakes - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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