Welcome to Meehan ...

Meehan is located in Portage County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meehan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Meehan is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Meehan: 715 & 534<3>

Communities Also Named Meehan ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Meehan - it's located in Mississippi.

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

Communities near Meehan ...

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

• Stevens Point
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevens Point is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevens Point
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,949 people
• Wisconsin Rapids
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Wisconsin Rapids is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wisconsin Rapids
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,555 people
• Plover
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Plover is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plover
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,252 people
• Nekoosa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Nekoosa is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,391 people
• Port Edwards
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Edwards is located in Wood County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,752 people
• Whiting
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Whiting is located in Portage County
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  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,704 people
• Amherst
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Amherst is located in Portage County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amherst
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,082 people
• Plainfield
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Plainfield is located in Waushara County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
• Biron
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Biron is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biron
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 761 people
• Vesper
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Vesper is located in Wood County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vesper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 539 people

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

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

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

Adding Meehan to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meehan post office opened in 1876. The Meehan post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meehan.