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Welcome to Meadville ...

Meadville is located in Keya Paha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meadville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Meadville is 2,050 feet [625 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Meadville: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Meadville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Meadville - they are located in Alabama, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania (2), Virginia and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Meadville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meadville ...

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

Adding Meadville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meadville post office opened in 1883. The Meadville post office closed in 1959.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meadville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Nebraska's counties, including Keya Paha, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meadville - 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 402 code has been Overlayed with the 531 area code. New phone numbers in the Meadville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 402 or 531. As a result, placing a call in the Meadville 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/