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History · Meadow Vale

Meadow Vale dates to 1967

Most of Meadow Vale was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1966. Below: maps from 1905 on and the census since 1970.

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How Meadow Vale began

When was Meadow Vale founded?

1967

Meadow Vale dates its founding to 1967 (Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history agree). The census first counted it in 1970.

First census: 1,231 in 19702020 census: 73059 years
Founding year: Wikidata; Wikipedia’s history section gives the same year.The full story ↓

What stands out about Meadow Vale’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Meadow Vale are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19056 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 1981. Watch Meadow Vale change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meadow Vale’s history is told.

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On the map

Meadow Vale on the map, 1905 to 1981

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Meadow Vale. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Meadow Vale on the 1905 USGS mapMeadow Vale on the 1912 USGS mapMeadow Vale on the 1951 USGS mapMeadow Vale on the 1960 USGS mapMeadow Vale on the 1971 USGS mapMeadow Vale on the 1981 USGS map1905Prospect sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Meadow Vale.

The story

How Meadow Vale came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Meadow Vale.

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The Meadow Vale subdivision was developed in 1963 on the site of wheat and hay farmlands. Meadow Vale was incorporated as a sixth-class city in 1967, and annexed one-hundred more homes in December of that year.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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People over time

Meadow Vale, census by census

02004006008001,0001,200198020002020Peak: 1,231

Between 730 and 1,231 people in every census since 1970.

6 censuses, 1970–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Meadow Vale’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old corners

Old hamlets and crossroads still carry their names on the map.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rolling Hills

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Rolling HillsIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMeadowbrook FarmIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLangdon PlaceIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Meadow Vale’s history

What year was Meadow Vale founded?

In 1967, according to Wikidata and Wikipedia’s history of the town. the census of 1970 counted 1,231 people here.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.