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Welcome to Meshack ...

Meshack is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meshack, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Meshack is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Meshack: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Meshack ...

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

  • Thompsons Store
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Edmonton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Burkesville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Celina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Gamaliel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Leslie
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Marrowbone
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Martinsburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Martinsburg is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martinsburg
  • Dubre
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Dubre is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dubre

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meshack ...

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

Adding Meshack to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meshack post office opened in 1884. The Meshack post office closed in 1943.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meshack.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meshack - 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 Meshack area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Meshack 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/