RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of New Hampshire >> Belknap County >> Meredith CenterIndex...

Welcome to Meredith Center ...

Meredith Center is located in Belknap County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meredith Center, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

A typical abbreviation for Meredith Center: Meredith Ctr. (or less commonly used: Meredith Cen., Meredith Cent. or Meredith Cntr.)

Meredith Center is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Meredith Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Meredith Center: 603

Communities near Meredith Center ...

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

  • Laconia
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Belmont
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Gilford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Meredith
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Wolfeboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Alton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Alton is located in Belknap County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,364 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alton <3>
  • Northfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Moultonborough
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meredith Center ...

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

Adding Meredith Center to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meredith Center 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 Meredith Center was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meredith Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New Hampshire's counties, including Belknap, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meredith Center - 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.