The story
Read it all →How Meyers Lake came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Meyers Lake.
The lake was named for Andrew Meyer, a pioneer who settled there.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Meyers Lake
Half of Meyers Lake’s homes were built after 1989
Most of Meyers Lake was built recently: 8% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1989. Below: maps from 1901 on and the census since 1930.
0on the National Register
8%homes built before 1940
What stands out about Meyers Lake’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Meyers Lake’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meyers Lake’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.People over time
Meyers Lake, census by census
Lost a third of its people between 1950 and 1970, then grew 4-fold.
10 censuses, 1930–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Meyers Lake’s Wikipedia page.
On the map
Meyers Lake on the map, 1901 to 1994
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Meyers Lake. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1901Canton sheet · 1:62,500U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Meyers Lake.
By decade
Meyers Lake, decade by decade
2015
2004Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Meyers Lake
Nobody well known was born in Meyers Lake itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Meyers Lake’s history
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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, 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.