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History · Meadows of Dan

Meadows of Dan’s post office opened in 1835, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Meadows of Dan was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1960. Its Register listing is the Cockram Mill. Below: maps from 1928 on.

1835first post office
1on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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How Meadows of Dan began

When was Meadows of Dan founded?

1835

The Meadows of Dan post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 72191 years
Founding year: the first Meadows of Dan post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Meadows of Dan’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 Meadows of Dan are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1835: 191 years of Meadows of Dan.Old housesHalf of Meadows of Dan’s homes were built before 1960.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Meadows of Dan’s history is told.

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Timeline

Meadows of Dan, 1835 to 1962

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1835Post officeThe Meadows of Dan post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1928On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1962Born hereSammy Shelor is born here
The story so far

Meadows of Dan, in brief

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

Meadows of Dan is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Patrick County, Virginia, United States, where the Blue Ridge Parkway (milepost 178) crosses U.S. Route 58 (Jeb Stuart Highway). It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 72. There are numerous country shops, older houses, and restaurants in the community. It is located near the Patrick/Floyd county line, approximately 20 miles east of Hillsville and about 14 miles northwest of Stuart. The community's name is credited to one of its earliest English settlers, James Steptoe Langhorne, and comes from the meadows that abound near the Dan River which flows through the area. The community's mot…

Its first post office opened in 1835.

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

By decade

Meadows of Dan, decade by decade

Today4 recent
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On the map

Meadows of Dan on the map, 1928 to 1985

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

Meadows of Dan on the 1928 USGS mapMeadows of Dan on the 1931 USGS mapMeadows of Dan on the 1968 USGS mapMeadows of Dan on the 1985 USGS map1928Stuart 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 Meadows of Dan.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Meadows of Dan

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1990
Cockram Mill
Cockram Mill
Buildings
Cockram MillBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Questions about Meadows of Dan’s history

What year was Meadows of Dan founded?

The Meadows of Dan post office opened in 1835, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Meadows of Dan?

One place: the Cockram Mill (listed 1990).

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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 (4), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.