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Welcome to Meadow Lands ...

Meadow Lands is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meadow Lands, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

Meadow Lands is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

The ZIP code for Meadow Lands: 15347<3>

Communities Also Named Meadow Lands ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Meadow Lands - it's located in Texas.

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

Websites for Meadow Lands ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.washcochamber.com/

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

Communities near Meadow Lands ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meadow Lands ...

Looking for more information about Meadow Lands? 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 Meadow Lands, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Meadow Lands.

Adding Meadow Lands to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meadow Lands 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 for Meadow Lands was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Meadow Lands post office opened in 1887.

We also found Meadow Lands in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meadow Lands.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Meadow Lands. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Washington County: www.co.washington.pa.us/

The official website for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: https://www.pa.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Washington, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meadow Lands - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Meadow Lands). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Meadow Lands or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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