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Welcome to Meek ...

Meek is located in Holt County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Meek is 1,760 feet [536 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Meek: 402 & 531<3>

Communities Also Named Meek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Meek - they are located in Arkansas and New Mexico.

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

Communities near Meek ...

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

  • O'Neill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • O'Neill is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neill
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,537 people
    • O'Neill has also been known as:
    • O'Neill City
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for O'Neill <4>
  • Spencer
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Butte
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Lynch
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Bristow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Emmet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Greenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenwood is located in Charles Mix County (SD)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7 people
  • Gross
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Gross is located in Boyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gross
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2 people
  • Monowi
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Monowi is located in Boyd County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monowi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1 people
  • Paddock
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Paddock is located in Holt County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paddock

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meek ...

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

Adding Meek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meek post office opened in 1899. The Meek post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meek.

Footnotes ...

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