Meeker may refer to:
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Camp Meeker, California
Camp Meeker is an unincorporated community, Sonoma County, United States, located on the Bohemian Highway, between Occidental and Monte Rio. It has approximately 350 homes on properties ranging from a couple thousand square feet to many acres, ...
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Meeker, Colorado
Meeker is the Statutory Town in and the county seat of Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States, that is the most populous municipality in the county. The town population was 2,475 at the 2010 United States Census.
Description
The town i ...
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Meeker, Louisiana
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Meeker, Ohio Meeker is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A former variant name was Cochranton, after Col. William Cochran, the original owner of the town site. A post office called Cochranton was established in ...
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Meeker, Oklahoma
Meeker is a town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,145 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Meeker is located at (35.497295, -96.897114).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of ...
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Meeker, West Virginia
Meeker is an unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers cl ...
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Meeker, Wisconsin
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Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line
The Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line was a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running along Marcy Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, Graham Avenue, and Meeker Avenue from Fulton Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant to Penny Bridge in Williamsbur ...
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Meeker County, Minnesota
Meeker County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,400. Its county seat is Litchfield.
History
The Wisconsin Territory was established by the federal government effective July 3, 1836, and ...
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Meeker Island Lock and Dam
The Meeker Island Lock and Dam (originally known as Lock and Dam No. 2) was the first lock and dam facility built on the Upper Mississippi River. Meeker Island was named after its owner Judge Bradley B. Meeker. Meeker County was named after him ...
, Minnesota
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Meeker Peak
Meeker Peak is an mountain summit located in Lincoln County, Nevada, Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Description
Meeker Peak is the third-highest summit in the Worthington Mountains which are a subset of the Basin and Range Province, Gre ...
, Nevada
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Meeker Slough, California
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Meeker Southern Railroad
The Meeker Southern Railroad is a Class III shortline railroad owned by Ballard Terminal Railroad Company LLC that travels approximately between East Puyallup ("Meeker") and McMillin, Washington, United States.
The Meeker Southern runs on for ...
, Washington
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Meeker Sugar Refinery, Louisiana
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Meeker's Hardware, Connecticut
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Meekers Grove, Wisconsin
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Mount Meeker
Mount Meeker is a high mountain summit of the Twin Peaks Massif in the northern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, west by north ( bearing 285°) o ...
, Colorado
People with the surname
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Arthur Meeker, Jr.
Arthur Meeker Jr. (November 3, 1902 – October 22, 1971) was an American novelist and journalist.
Early life
Meeker was born in Chicago to a prominent, wealthy family on November 3, 1902. He had three sisters. His father retired from his p ...
(1902-1971), American novelist
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Bradley B. Meeker
Bradley B. Meeker (March 13, 1813 – February 19, 1873) was an American jurist, lawyer, and businessman.
Meeker was born on March 13, 1813, in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Joseph and Rhoda Meeker (). His family was very poor, despite being de ...
(1813-1873), American jurist
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Charles Meeker
Charles Carpenter Meeker (born July 27, 1950) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 34th Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina. He was first elected in 2001 over Republican Paul Coble, and reelected for a fif ...
, American politician
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Edward Meeker
Edward Meeker (January 22, 1874 – April 19, 1937) was an American singer and performer, best known for his appearances on the recordings of Thomas Edison both as an announcer and singer, performing songs such as " Chicken Reel", "Go Easy Mabel" ...
(1874-1937), American singer and performer
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Ezra Meeker
Ezra Morgan Meeker (December 29, 1830December 3, 1928) was an American pioneer who traveled the Oregon Trail by ox-drawn wagon as a young man, migrating from Iowa to the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. Later in life he worked to ...
(1830-1928), American pioneer who promoted the preservation of the Oregon Trail
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George Meeker
George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character film and Broadway actor.
A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Meeker made several films such as '' Crime, Inc.'' (1945) and '' A Thief in the Dark' ...
(1904-1984), American actor
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Howie Meeker
Howard William Meeker (November 4, 1923 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian professional hockey player in the National Hockey League, youth coach and educator in ice hockey, and a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament. He became best ...
(born 1923), Canadian hockey player and politician
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Jacob Edwin Meeker
Jacob Edwin Meeker (October 7, 1878 – October 16, 1918) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.
Background
Born near Attica, Indiana, Meeker attended the public schools. He graduated from Union Christian College, Merom, Indiana, in 1900, a ...
(1878-1918), American politician
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Joseph Rusling Meeker
Joseph Rusling Meeker (born in Newark, New Jersey, 21 April 1827; died in St. Louis, Missouri, 27 September 1887) was a United States painter.
Biography
He studied at the National Academy of Design in 1845–46, and exhibited at the Ameri ...
(1827-1887), American painter
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Josephine Meeker
Josephine Meeker (January 28, 1857 – December 20, 1882), was a teacher and physician at the White River Indian Agency in Colorado Territory, where her father Nathan Meeker was the United States (US) agent. On September 29, 1879, he and ...
(1857-1882), American teacher and physician
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Jotham Meeker
Jotham Meeker (Hamilton County, Ohio, November 8, 1804—January 12, 1855) was a Baptist missionary, printer, who lived and proselytized among various Native American peoples, including the Delaware, Ottawa, and Shawnee. He was born near Cincinn ...
(1804-1855), Baptist missionary to the Indians in Kansas
* Judith Meeker, American founder of More Than Warmth
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Leonard C. Meeker
Leonard Carpenter Meeker (April 4, 1916 – November 29, 2014) was an American politician, lawyer and diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Romania. He was the father of Sarah Meeker Jensen FAIA and Charles Meeker, 34th Mayor of Raleigh ...
(1916–2014), American politician, lawyer and diplomat
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Marilyn Meeker
Marilyn Meeker (born February 16, 1942) is an American former ice dancer. With partner Larry Pierce, she captured the junior title at the 1959 U.S. Championships. Competing on the senior level the following year, they won the silver medal at the ...
, American ice dancer
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Mary G. Meeker (born 1959), American investment banker and securities analyst
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Mary N. Meeker
Mary Nacol Meeker (1921–2003), was an American educational psychologist and entrepreneur. She is best known for her applying J. P. Guilford's Structure of Intellect theory of human intelligence to the field of education.
Meeker was born in Lou ...
(1921–2003), American educational psychologist
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Mike Meeker (born 1958), Canadian ice hockey player
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Nathan Meeker
Nathan Cook Meeker (July 12, 1817 – September 30, 1879) was a 19th-century American journalist, homesteader, entrepreneur, and Indian agent for the federal government. He is noted for his founding in 1870 of the Union Colony, a cooperative ag ...
(1817-1879), 19th-century homesteading entrepreneur in Colorado, USA, victim of Meeker Massacre
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Ralph Meeker
Ralph Meeker (born Ralph Rathgeber; November 21, 1920 August 5, 1988) was an American film, stage, and television actor. He first rose to prominence for his roles in the Broadway productions of '' Mister Roberts'' (1948–1951) and '' Picnic' ...
(1920-1988), American actor
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Roy Meeker
Charles Roy Meeker (September 15, 1900 – March 25, 1929) was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1923–24, 1926) with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he co ...
(1900-1929), American baseball player
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Royal Meeker
Royal Meeker (February 23, 1873 – August 16, 1953) was a progressive American economist, born at Quaker Lake, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Iowa State College in 1898, then studied with E.R.A. Seligman at Columbia (Ph.D., ...
(1873-1953), American economist
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Samuel Meeker (1763–1831), descendant of William Meeker, prominent early citizen of Philadelphia
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Theresa Meeker Theresa Meeker Pickett is an American content creator.
Written Content Creation
In 2010, Theresa began writing for magazines and websites. In 2013, she started a mom blog that featured interviews with celebrities, including Jeff Kinney, Lee Unkr ...
(born 1986), Italian-American actress
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Tony Meeker
Anthony Meeker (born March 18, 1939) is a politician in Oregon. He was appointed State Treasurer in 1987. Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt appointed him to fill the vacancy created when Bill Rutherford resigned from office. Meeker was elected to ...
(born 1939), American politician in Oregon
* William Meeker, founder of
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Other uses
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Dink Meeker
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Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...
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Clockstoppers
''Clockstoppers'' is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Jonathan Frakes and produced by Gale Anne Hurd and Julia Pistor. The film stars Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas, ...
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Howie Meeker's Hockey School
''Howie Meeker's Hockey School'' was a Canadian television series that was broadcast for 107 fifteen-minute episodes from 1973 to 1977 on CBC Television. Host Howie Meeker's experience as an ice hockey player and coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs ...
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