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Welcome to Meredith ...

Meredith is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meredith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Meredith is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Meredith (for example, toward Upton), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Meredith: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Meredith ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 18 communities that are also named Meredith - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado (3), Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Meredith ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Clarkson
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Brownsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Upton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Caneyville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bonnieville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Higdon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Higdon is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
  • Black Rock
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Black Rock is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
  • Bee Spring
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Dogcreek
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dogcreek is located in Hart County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dogcreek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meredith ...

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

Adding Meredith to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meredith post office opened in 1901. The Meredith post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meredith.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meredith - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Meredith area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Meredith area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/