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Welcome to Meadowbrook ...

Meadowbrook is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meadowbrook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Meadowbrook is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Meadowbrook: 845 & 329<3>

Communities Also Named Meadowbrook ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New York communities named Meadowbrook: This one is located in Orange County and the other is located in Saratoga County.

Beyond New York, there are 54 communities that are also named Meadowbrook - they are located in Alabama (4), British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (3), Georgia (3), Illinois (3), Indiana (4), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland (4), Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Tennessee (4), Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (3) and West Virginia (3).

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

Websites for Meadowbrook ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Meadowbrook, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Meadowbrook ...

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

  • Poughkeepsie
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Palm Tree
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Palm Tree is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palm Tree
  • Kiryas Joel
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Kiryas Joel is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kiryas Joel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,953 people
  • Middletown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Newburgh
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Peekskill
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Beacon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <4>
  • Haverstraw
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Woodbury
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Woodbury is located in Orange County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,058 people
  • West Haverstraw
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meadowbrook ...

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

Adding Meadowbrook to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meadowbrook post office opened in 1888. The Meadowbrook post office closed in 1948.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meadowbrook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meadowbrook - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Meadowbrook area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Meadowbrook 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/