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Welcome to Meadow Brook ...

Meadow Brook is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meadow Brook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

A typical abbreviation for Meadow Brook: Meadow Brk.

Meadow Brook is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Meadow Brook: 218

Communities Also Named Meadow Brook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Meadow Brook - they are located in Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, New Brunswick, North Carolina (2), South Carolina (3), Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Meadow Brook ...

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

  • Cook
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Cook is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 562 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cook <3>
  • Orr
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Orr is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orr
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Orr <3>
  • Bear River
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bear River is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bear River
  • Gheen Corner
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gheen Corner is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gheen Corner
  • Side Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Angora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Nett Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Nett Lake is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nett Lake
  • Britt
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Buhl
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
    • Buhl is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buhl
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 969 people
  • Chisholm
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meadow Brook ...

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

Adding Meadow Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meadow Brook 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 Meadow Brook was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Meadow Brook post office opened in 1908. The Meadow Brook post office closed in 1954.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Saint Louis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meadow Brook - 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>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/