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Welcome to Meridean ...

Meridean is located in Dunn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Meridean, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Meridean is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Meridean: 715 & 534<3>

Communities near Meridean ...

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

  • Eau Claire
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Menomonie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Altoona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Altoona is located in Eau Claire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Altoona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,062 people
  • Mondovi
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Durand
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Colfax
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Colfax is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,151 people
  • Elk Mound
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Elk Mound is located in Dunn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 884 people
  • Elmwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Eleva
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Maxville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Meridean ...

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

Adding Meridean to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Meridean post office opened in 1874. The Meridean post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Meridean.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dunn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Meridean - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 715 code has been Overlayed with the 534 area code. New phone numbers in the Meridean area will be assigned with one of these codes: 715 or 534. As a result, placing a call in the Meridean area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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/