Meads

Meads is an unincorporated community in , , United States. It is located along the U.S. Highway 60 corridor south of . Meads is centered on the junction of U.S. Route 60, Kentucky Route 538 and Mead-Springer Road.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet with 289,000 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky
  • Also known as: “Meads, Kentucky” and “Meads, KY”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland and Boyd County High School.

Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a low-security United States federal prison for male inmates in the unincorporated area of in , , approximately 5 miles outside the city of .

School
is a high school in , , . It is part of the Boyd County Public Schools district. It is an affiliate school of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and home to one of only two Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society chapters in Eastern Kentucky. is situated 2½ miles south of Meads.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cannonsburg and Ironville.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 862. is located 8 miles southwest of the city of , a major urban center in northeastern Kentucky.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, near the intersection of Kentucky Route 5 and Kentucky Route 766. Due to its proximity to Ashland, is often considered to be a part of , although officially it is separate from the city and serves as a suburb to the city. is situated 3 miles north of Meads.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, located south of Ashland. It is located on Midland Trail at its intersection of Kentucky Route 538 and corridor into the city of .

Meads

Latitude
38.4126° or 38° 24′ 45″ north
Longitude
-82.7091° or 82° 42′ 33″ west
Population
289,000
Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)
Open location code
86CVC77R+29
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153907223
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4300488
Wiki­data ID
Q6803464
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Volapük—“Meads” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Meads”
  • Chinese: “米茲”
  • French: “Meads”
  • Irish: “Meads”
  • Persian: “میدز، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “میدز”
  • South Azerbaijani: “میدز، کنتاکی”
  • Volapük: “Meads (Kentucky)”
  • Volapük: “Meads (KY)”
  • Volapük: “Meads, Kentucky”
  • Volapük: “Meads, KY”
  • Volapük: “Meads”

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