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Welcome to Meers ...

Meers is located in Comanche County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meers, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Meers is 1,450 feet [442 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Meers: 580

Communities near Meers ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meers ...

Looking for more information about Meers? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Meers, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Meers.

Adding Meers to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meers 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 Meers was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Meers post office opened in 1902. The Meers post office closed in 1967.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meers.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Comanche, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meers - 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.
<4>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/