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History · Meadow

Meadow’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Meadow. 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

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

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 593 people in 2010, 601 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1963.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Meadow 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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Meadow, 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 Meadow is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Meadow has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Tubbs-Carlisle House in Lubbock, 23.1 miles away.

Meadow and the nearest listed places

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Tubbs-Carlisle HouseHolden Properties Historic DistrictWilliam Curry and Olive Price Holden House

Closest to Meadow

Tubbs-Carlisle HouseLubbock · Building23.1miHolden Properties Historic DistrictLubbock · District24.9miWilliam Curry and Olive Price Holden HouseLubbock · Built 193124.9mi

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. Tubbs-Carlisle House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Meadow?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Meadow’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
📜 Ropesville📜 Brownfield📜 Wolfforth📜 New Home

From Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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