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History · Meade Township

Half of Meade Township’s homes were built after 1977

Most of Meade Township was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1977. Below: maps from 1932 on.

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Where Meade Township’s name came from

How did Meade Township get its name?

Meade Township was named for George Meade, a Union Army general.

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What stands out about Meade Township’s past

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

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The story

How Meade Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Meade Township.

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Meade Township was established in 1910. It was named for George Meade, a Union Army general.

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Meade Township, decade by decade

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On the map

Meade Township on the map, 1932 to 1987

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

Meade Township on the 1932 USGS mapMeade Township on the 1957 USGS mapMeade Township on the 1987 USGS map1932Freesoil SE sheet · 1:31,680

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Free Soil TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townSheridan TownshipIts storyC−Elk TownshipIts storyDStronach Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.