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Do you know of Meadow Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Meadow Lake. 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 Meadow Lake.

We found mention of Meadow Lake as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Spokane County, Washington.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1908 and closed  in 1910.

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.

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.

Communities Also Named Meadow Lake ...

We found seven communities that share the name Meadow Lake.

Within Washington, the name Meadow Lake is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another seven communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these seven communities, six are located in the United States and one is in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Mobile County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Meadow Lake [Mobile County].
    • California
      • Nevada County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Meadow Lake [Nevada County].
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Meadow Lake [Jefferson County].
    • New Mexico
      • Valencia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the New Mexico community of Meadow Lake [Valencia County].
    • Saskatchewan
      • Please visit our profile page for the Saskatchewan community of Meadow Lake.
    • South Carolina
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Meadow Lake [Richland County].
    • Texas
      • Guadalupe County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Meadow Lake [Guadalupe County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Meadow Lake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Meadow Lake:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Meadow Lake.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 53/44655   (Place Name: Meadow Lake)

County: Spokane     (FIPS State/County: 53/063)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Meadow Lake) 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  Spokane 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 Spokane County.

AcademyLogan
Alta Vista 
 Mayer
CardersMoran Prairie
Center SpurMoran
CougarMorgan Acres
  
DaviesNemours Spur
DeanNorth Central
Deep Creek Falls 
DragoonOtis
  
Fairchild Air Force BaseParadise
FoothillPinecroft
Fort WrightPleasant Prairie
 Pratt
Garland 
Granite LakeRiverside
 Rollins
Hayes ParkRosewood
Highland Pit 
 Shadle Garland
Jamieson ParkSharon
JamiesonSpear
JeffersonStephens
  
KieslingTrent
  
LinwoodWayside
Little SpokaneWelch
LockwoodWest Branch

Footnotes ...

<1>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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