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Welcome to Meteor ...

Meteor is located in Ferry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meteor, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Meteor is 1,870 feet [570 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Meteor lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Meteor: 509

Communities Also Named Meteor ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Meteor - they are located in Idaho, Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Meteor ...

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

  • Inchelium
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Gifford
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Daisy
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
    • Daisy is located in Stevens County
  • Hunters
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Rice
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice
    • Rice is located in Stevens County
  • Fruitland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Addy
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Keller
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Waits
    (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waits
    • Waits is located in Stevens County
  • Fort Spokane
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fort Spokane
    • Fort Spokane is located in Lincoln County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meteor ...

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

Adding Meteor to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meteor post office opened in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meteor.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Ferry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meteor - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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