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History · Meadow

Meadow’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Meadow was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1963. Below: maps from 1957 on and the census since 1930.

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How Meadow began

When was Meadow founded?

1902

The Meadow post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 324 in 19302020 census: 601124 years
Founding year: the first Meadow post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Meadow’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 are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Meadow’s homes were built before 1963.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meadow’s history is told.

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The story so far

Meadow, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Meadow yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Meadow is a town in Terry County, Texas, United States. The population was 601 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 593 in 2010, 601 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Meadow, 1902 to 1957

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Meadow post office opens
  3. 1924Born hereRoland Nabors is born here
  4. 1937Born hereSonny Curtis is born here
  5. 1957On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Meadow, decade by decade

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On the map

Meadow on the map, 1957 to 1985

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

Meadow on the 1957 USGS mapMeadow on the 1976 USGS mapMeadow on the 1985 USGS map1957Meadow 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.

People over time

Meadow, census by census

010020030040050060070019401960198020002020Peak: 658

Between 324 and 658 people in every census since 1930.

10 censuses, 1930–2020.

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Meadow

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Sonny CurtisAmerican musician · b. 1937
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Roland NaborsAmerican football player · b. 1924

Questions about Meadow’s history

What year was Meadow founded?

The Meadow post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.