Mead’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Mead. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMead is an unincorporated suburb and census-designated place north of Spokane in Spokane County, Washington, United States. Named for Civil War general George Meade, this area is tracked by the United States Census Bureau. As of 2020, the population of Mead was 7,576. In 1900, Mead was the second stop on the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway. The community included the Cushing & Bryant general store, a blacksmith shop, a public school with approximately 60 students, a Methodist Episcopal church, and a Sunday school. At the time the post office was located in the Cushing & Bryant store. Mead is home to the computer game development firm, Cyan Worlds, makers of Myst and Riven. The Kaiser Alumi…
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 7,275 to 7,576 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1989.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mead 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.
Start Mead’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mead’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewMSHS Courtyard: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Mead
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Mead, decade by decade
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Nothing in Mead is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mead has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Mount Saint Michael in Spokane, 3.3 miles away.
Mead and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as MSHS Courtyard and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.