Meadows, Illinois
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Meadows, Illinois | |
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 Grain elevator and water tower in Meadows, IL | |
  Meadows Location of Meadows within Illinois  Meadows Meadows (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 40°44′40″N 88°48′17″W / 40.74444°N 88.80472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | McLean |
| Elevation | 758 ft (231 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 61726 |
| Area code | 309 |
Meadows, Illinois is a small unincorporated community located in McLean County. Meadows is located on US Route 24, midway between Chenoa and Gridley, with easy access from Interstate 55. Meadows at one time had a bank, general store, auto garage, a washing machine factory, and a school.[1] All that remains in town is a nursing home, church, and a grain elevator. One railway line passes through the center of the town.
The town of Meadows was laid out 18 May 1903 by Samuel W. Baker.[2] The Original Town consisted of ten blocks on either side of the railroad with additional lots just north of the tracks.[3] A station with the name Meadows and a small cluster of buildings had existed in this place since at least 1874. In 1877 Charles Parker platted and recorded the land in which he owned in the area now known as Meadows.[4] A post office was located here with Charles Klein being its first postmaster. It also had a store and a grainhouse as well as a train station that stopped along the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway. Meadows was also home to the Meadows Washer Line, a washing machine manufacture.
Economy
Meadows is home to the Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community which was founded in 1919. It offers Alzheimer and nursing care to the elderly. Meadows is also home to one of the Prairie Central Co-Op grain elevators. It has access to the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway and is a main grain shipping facility in the area.[4]
