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History · The Meadows

The Meadows’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of The Meadows. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

The Meadows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,037 at the 2020 census, up from 3,994 at the 2010 census. The CDP is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 3,994 to 5,037 (+26%). Half of its homes were built before 1986.

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

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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By decade

The Meadows, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in The Meadows is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean The Meadows has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is El Patio Apartments in Sarasota, 3.6 miles away.

The Meadows and the nearest listed places

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El Patio ApartmentsNewtown Historic DistrictSarasota County CourthouseCrisp BuildingSt. Paul Lutheran ChurchRudolph, Paul, Sarasota High School Addition

Closest to The Meadows

El Patio ApartmentsSarasota · Building3.6miNewtown Historic DistrictSarasota · District3.8miSarasota County CourthouseSarasota · Built 19263.9miCrisp BuildingSarasota · Building3.9miSt. Paul Lutheran ChurchSarasota · Building4.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. El Patio Apartments’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in The Meadows?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to The Meadows’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Sarasota📜 Longboat Key📜 Bradenton📜 Palmetto
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