Mereta, Texas

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Mereta (the US)
Coordinates: 31°27′26″N100°8′27″W / 31.45722°N 100.14083°W / 31.45722; -100.14083 Coordinates: 31°27′26″N100°8′27″W / 31.45722°N 100.14083°W / 31.45722; -100.14083
Country United States
State Texas
County Tom Green
Elevation 1,755 ft (535 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
 • Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes 76940
GNIS feature ID 1362628

Mereta (also Fisherville or Lipan) [1] is an unincorporated community in eastern Tom Green County, Texas, United States. It lies along local roads east of the city of San Angelo, the county seat of Tom Green County. [2] Its elevation is 1,755 feet (535 m). [3] Although Mereta is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 76940; [4] the ZCTA for ZIP Code 76940 had a population of 138 at the 2000 census. [5]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Tom Green County, Texas County in the United States

Tom Green County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 110,224. Its county seat is San Angelo. The county was created in 1874 and organized the following year.

Texas State of the United States of America

Texas is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population. Geographically located in the South Central region of the country, Texas shares borders with the U.S. states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the southwest, while the Gulf of Mexico is to the southeast.

Mereta was named by the local postmaster in honor of twin sisters, named Meta and Reta, who lived in the area in 1902. The community itself was platted in 1904. [1]

Plat scale map showing the divisions of a piece of land

In the United States, a plat is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bearing between section corners, sometimes including topographic or vegetation information. City, town or village plats show subdivisions into blocks with streets and alleys. Further refinement often splits blocks into individual lots, usually for the purpose of selling the described lots; this has become known as subdivision.

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References

  1. 1 2 Mereta, Texas, Handbook of Texas Online, 2008-01-18. Accessed 2008-08-14.
  2. ↑ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 99.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mereta, Texas
  4. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  5. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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