Texas · Census place 4847760
Meridian, Texas
Meridian is a city in Bosque County, Texas with an estimated 1,423 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 705th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,423
- #705 of 804 in Texas
- Change since 2020
- +2.3%
- +32 people
- Land area
- 2.1 sq mi
- + 0.02 sq mi water
- Density
- 681 / sq mi
- State median 1,561
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Meridian population, 2020 to 2024
Meridian added 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -1.
Meridian covers 2.09 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 681 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Meridian is less dense than the typical town.
What county Meridian is in
All of Meridian's residents live in Bosque County, which had 19,013 residents in 2024. Meridian holds 7.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Meridian
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Meridian by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 76665. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Meridian is
The Census internal point of Meridian is at 31.926600, -97.649100. Austin, the capital, is 114.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clifton, TX (3,535 people), 10.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Waco, TX, 37.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 31.926600, -97.649100
- DMS
- 31°55'35.76"N 97°38'56.76"W
- UTM
- 14N 627706.5E 3533096.2N
- Geohash
- 9vdt9un1g
- Plus code
- 8634W9G2+J9
Daylight in Meridian
At 31.93° N, Meridian gets about 14 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 04 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 11 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Meridian
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Clifton, 10.7 miles away, with 3,535 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Meridian, TX?
1,423 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 32 (2.3%) from 1,391 in July 2020.
What county is Meridian in?
Bosque County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Meridian?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 76665.
How far is Meridian from Austin?
114.3 miles (184.0 km) in a straight line, heading S from Meridian.
What is the nearest larger city to Meridian?
Clifton, TX, with 3,535 residents, 10.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.