Census Data for Meiks
As far as we can tell, Meiks has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.
While we don't have census information for Meiks, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:
- Shelbyville
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Fairland
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Fairland is located in Shelby County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairland
- The population in 2015 was estimated at 587 people. This represents a 86.35% increase since 2010.The 2010 Census gave a population of 315 people.
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairland <1>
- Morristown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Saint Paul
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- New Palestine
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Milford
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Carthage
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Franklin
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Greenfield
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rushville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Spring Lake
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Spring Lake is located in Hancock County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
- Hope
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
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- Whiteland
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Edinburgh
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- New Whiteland
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- New Whiteland is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Whiteland
Shelby County ...
Meiks is located in Shelby County<2>.
For more information, please visit our Census Page for Shelby County.
Miscellaneous Information for Meiks ...
The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Shelby County or the community of Meiks:
- The GNIS Codes ...
- The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Meiks:
- GNIS ID for Meiks: 438970
- GNIS ID for Shelby County: 450387
- GNIS ID for State of Indiana: 448508
- The FIPS Codes ...
- An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
- State Code: 18 (Indiana)
- County Code: 145 (Shelby County)
- Place Code: 48258 (Meiks)
- State & County Code: 18/145 (Indiana / Shelby County)
- State & Place Code: 18/48258 (Indiana / Meiks)
- Misc. Census Codes ...
- Meiks is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #3 (the East North-Central Division).
For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Meiks.
Footnotes ...
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| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Shelby, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |