Meade, Kansas
human settlement in Meade County, Kansas, United States of America
Meade is a city in and the county seat of Meade County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,505.
History
Meade was both laid out and incorporated in 1885. It was named for Gen. George Meade.
In August 2006, the town received national media attention due to the reaction after a rainbow flag was flown above The Lakeway Hotel. The hotel was vandalized repeatedly; bricks with slurs written on them were thrown through the hotel's window and the rainbow flag was cut down (and later replaced) by the hotel owner. Members of the hate group Westboro Baptist Church protested the flag being flown alongside the support of locals in the town.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.99 square miles (2.56 km2), all land.
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Meade has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Meade, Kansas” as human settlement in Meade County, Kansas, United States of America. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Meade County, Kansas, United States of America. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2901559. Authority coordinates are 37.286, -100.339. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020, 1885 and 2006.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
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This entry incorporates text from “Meade, Kansas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.