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Welcome to Meeker ...

Meeker is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meeker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

Meeker is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Meeker: 262

Communities Also Named Meeker ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Meeker - they are located in Colorado (2), Louisiana, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Meeker ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Waukesha
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
  • West Allis
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Brookfield
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Menomonee Falls
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Menomonee Falls is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,243 people
  • Greenfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • West Bend
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • West Bend is located in Washington County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
  • Mequon
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Mequon is located in Ozaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mequon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,765 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 Meeker. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Meeker.

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

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

Adding Meeker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Meeker 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 Meeker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Meeker post office opened in 1844. The Meeker post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meeker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin'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 Meeker - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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