Welcome to Meade (aka 'Meade City') ...The city of Meade is located in Meade County<1> and is the County Seat for Meade County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Meade, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889. The origin (or the toponymy) of Meade: Named for George Gordon Meade (1815-1872), a General in the United States Army. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Meade has a population of 1,518 people<2> (see below for details). Meade is 2,490 feet [759 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Meade is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Meade lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Meade: 620 The ZIP code for Meade: 67864<4> The city of Meade has also been called Meade City. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Meade had an population of 1,518 people. This is a decrease of 11.8% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 9.21% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Meade had a population of 1,721 people (or 37.45% of the total population of Meade County). This makes Meade the county's most populous community. The population of Meade represents 0.06% of the population of Kansas (which has 2,853,118 people), making it the state's 138th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,721 people, the population of Meade increased 2.93% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,672 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Meade. Communities Also Named Meade ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Meade - they are located in Alabama, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee 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.
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. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Meade. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meade ...Looking for more information about Meade? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Meade, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Meade. Adding Meade to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Meade 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 Meade was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Meade. Footnotes ...
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