Do you know of Meriden ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Meriden. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Meriden.

Our sources for Meriden (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Meriden other than they indicate that Meriden would be found somewhere in Dawson County, Nebraska.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1890 and closed  in 1892.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Meriden ...

We found nine communities that share the name Meriden.

Within Nebraska, the name Meriden is unique.

Beyond Nebraska, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Connecticut
    • New Haven County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Meriden [New Haven County].
  • Illinois
    • La Salle County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Meriden [La Salle County].
  • Iowa
    • Cherokee County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Meriden [Cherokee County].
  • Kansas
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Meriden [Jefferson County].
  • Minnesota
    • Steele County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Minnesota community of Meriden [Steele County].
  • New Hampshire
    • Sullivan County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Meriden [Sullivan County].
  • New Jersey
    • Morris County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Meriden [Morris County].
  • West Virginia
    • Barbour County
    • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Meriden [Barbour County].
  • Wyoming
    • Laramie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Meriden [Laramie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Meriden ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Meriden:

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

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

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Meriden - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  Dawson County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Dawson County.