Meade, Ohio

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Ohio, U.S.}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} '''Meade''' or '''Mutton Jerk''' or '''Salem''' is an unincorporated community in Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, Ohio, United States.<ref>{{GNIS|1061499}}</ref> Meade is located at the intersection of State Route 159 and Hayesville Rd. (Pickaway County Rd. #11). Its population is 79. Its children attend school in the Logan Elm Local School District. The nearest towns are Kingston (Ross County) and Circleville (Pickaway County). Meade has only one commercial building, which is the Salem United Methodist Church. Its central thoroughfare is Hayesville Road.

Meade has previously gone by the names Mutton Jerk and Salem.<ref>{{cite book |last=Van Cleaf |first=Aaron R. |title=History of Pickaway County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHpAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA161|year=1906|publisher=Unigraphic|page=161}}</ref> A post office called Meade was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1903.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Pickaway |title=Pickaway County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery class="center" widths="180px"> File:MeadeOhio1.JPG|Salem United Methodist Church in Meade, Ohio File:MeadeOhio2.JPG| Church announcement board File:MeadeOhio3.JPG|Looking northwest on Hayesville Road in Meade, Ohio </gallery>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Pickaway County, Ohio}} {{Authority control}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Pickaway County, Ohio Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio