The original Meridian townsite was filed in 1893 on homestead grant land belonging to Eliza Ann Zenger.The annual average precipitation at Meridian is 8.21 inches.The average commute time for residents of Meridian is 22.7 minutes.The Idaho State Police is headquartered in Meridian and the state police academy is housed on its campus.The median income for a household in the city was $53,276, and the median income for a family was $57,077.Meridian’s largest annual parade, Meridian Dairy Days, began in 1929.The city adopted its present name in 1893, after the Meridian Lodge of the Odd Fellows, because it was located on the Boise Meridian and the town was renamed.Median Property Tax in Meridian is $1,337.The city has a total area of 26.84 square miles, of which, 26.79 square miles is land and 0.05 square miles is water.The Settlers’ Irrigation Ditch, 1892, changed the arid region into a productive farming community.Meridian is a city located in Ada County in the U.S.Meridian has been the fastest growing city in Idaho since 1994, with the population tripling between 19, and more than doubling between 20.The Elevation of Meridian is 2,605 ft above sea level.The majority of Meridian lies on a flat plain, roughly in the north-central part of Treasure Valley.

As of the 2020 census, the population of Meridian was 117,635, making it the second-largest city in Idaho after Boise.The town was established in 1891 on the Onweiler farm north of the present site and was called Hunter.

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