New Meadows station
railway station in New Meadows, the United States of America
The Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad Depot is a building in the western United States, at New Meadows, Idaho, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Located on the west side of town, it is just south of Virginia Street (U.S. 95) on the west side of South Commercial Avenue. Built 115 years ago in 1911, its approximate elevation is 3,870 feet (1,180 m) above sea level.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “New Meadows station” is railway station in New Meadows, the United States of America. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Meadows, station and railway, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “railway station in New Meadows, the United States of America” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7122775. Authority coordinates are 44.971, -116.288. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1911.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. 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.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “New Meadows station”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow New Meadows station primary sources, New Meadows station archive and Meadows research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “New Meadows station”?
- What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “New Meadows station” 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.