Do you know of Meredith ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Meredith. 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 Meredith.<1>
Our source wasn't clear whether Meredith was a community, a post office or a post office located in a community and having the same name.<2> While we don't have its location, we believe that Meredith would be found somewhere in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.
Communities Also Named Meredith ...
We found eighteen communities that share the name Meredith.
Within Virginia, the name Meredith is unique.
Beyond Virginia, we know of another eighteen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Bent County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meredith [Bent County].
- Eagle County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meredith [Eagle County].
- Pitkin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meredith [Pitkin County].
- Florida
- Levy County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Meredith [Levy County].
- Illinois
- Kane County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Meredith [Kane County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Grayson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Meredith [Grayson County].
- Michigan
- Clare County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Meredith [Clare County].
- New Hampshire
- Belknap County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Meredith [Belknap County].
- New York
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Meredith [Delaware County].
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Delaware County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Meredith [Delaware County].
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Washington
- King County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Meredith [King County].
- West Virginia
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Meredith ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Meredith:
SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Appalachia & Piedmont
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2004
(Available from Amazon.com)
The FIPS database contains an entry for Meredith.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 51/51144 (Place Name: Meredith)
County: Mecklenburg (FIPS State/County: 51/117)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Meredith) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Mecklenburg County ...
Can you help?
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 Mecklenburg County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Meredith could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |