The Meadors surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,709 people carried this name — #8,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,595 in 2000.

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In print

Meadors in American newspapers,
1898–1922.

Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer carrying the name Meadors
The Bridgeport Times And Evening Farmer 1922-07-14
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Meadors
The San Francisco Call 1898-08-17
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Meadors
South Bend News-times 1922-08-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In the public record

People named Meadors,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States173 records

173 records of the Meadors name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Quincie A. Meadors

    Born 1923 in Texas. Enlisted 1944 at Houston; farm hand from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1945, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George T. Meadors

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1997; buried at Kosse Cemetery, Groesbeck, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Maude L. Meadors

    Born 1907 in Great Britain. Registered as a foreign national in Huntington Park, California, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 173 records for Meadors in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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