Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Meridian came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Meridian in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Meridian. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Meridian data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Meridian:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Meridian was listed as Meridian Courthouse.

Map from 1860 (unknown title/publisher)

Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Shell Oil Road Map for Mississippi (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Meridian is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Meridian in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Meridian for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Meridian. See our Misc Page for Meridian for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Meridian:

Meridian was mentioned in the following schedules:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Meridian: www.meridianms.org/

The official website for Lauderdale County: www.lauderdalecounty.org/

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/