Meigs may refer to:
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Meigs, Georgia
Meigs is a city in Mitchell and Thomas counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 1,035 at the 2010 census.
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Meigs as a town in 1889. The city is named after Josiah Meigs (1757� ...
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Meigs, Ohio
Meigs is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
History
A post office called Meigs Center was established in 1830, the name was changed to Meigs in 1894, and the post office closed in 1914. The community has the ...
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Meigs Field
Merrill C. Meigs Field Airport (pronounced , formerly ) was a single-runway airport in Chicago that was in operation from December 1948 until March 2003 on Northerly Island, an artificial peninsula on Lake Michigan. The airport sat adjacent to ...
, former Chicago, Illinois, airport named in honor of Merrill C. Meigs
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Meigs County, Ohio
Meigs County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,210. Its county seat is Pomeroy. The county is named for Return J. Meigs Jr., the fourth Governor of Ohio.
Geography
According to t ...
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Meigs County, Tennessee
Meigs County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,758. Its county seat is Decatur.
History
Before 1819, the area that is now Meigs County was part of the Cherokee nation. It had bee ...
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Meigs Township, Adams County, Ohio
Meigs Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2010 census found 3,905 people in the township, 2,123 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
Geography
Located in the eastern part o ...
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Meigs Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Meigs Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 228 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Meig's Key
Meig's Key is a small island north of the upper Florida Keys in Biscayne National Park. It is in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
It is located in southern Biscayne Bay, just north of Old Rhodes Key and Totten Key
Totten Key is an island of th ...
, in the Florida Keys
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Fort Meigs
Fort Meigs was a United States fortification along the Maumee River in what is now Perrysburg, Ohio during the War of 1812. The British Army, supported by Tecumseh's Confederacy, failed to capture the fort during the siege of Fort Meigs. It is n ...
, a fortification in Ohio during the War of 1812
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Mount Meigs, Alabama
Mount Meigs (also Evansville or Mount Pleasant) is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County in the state of Alabama. The Mount Meigs Campus, a juvenile correctional facility and the headquarters of the Alabama Department of Youth Servic ...
Ships
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USAT ''Meigs'', a U.S. Army transport ship sunk early in World War II
* , a U.S. Navy transport ship in World War II
Other uses
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Meigs (surname) __NOTOC__
Meigs is a surname. Notable people with the name include: A
* Arthur Ingersoll Meigs (1882–1956), American architect C
* Charles Delucena Meigs (1792–1869), American obstetrician
* Cornelia Meigs (1884–1973), American children's ...
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Meigs-Bishop House
The Meigs–Bishop House is a historic house at 45 Wall Street in Madison, Connecticut. With a construction history dating to about 1690, it is one of the town's oldest surviving buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Pl ...
, an historic building in Madison, Connecticut
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Meigs Elevated Railway
The Meigs Elevated Railway was an experimental but unsuccessful 19th century elevated steam-powered urban rapid transit system, often described as a monorail but technically pre-electric third rail. It was invented in the US by Josiah Vincent M ...
, an experimental monorail once built in East Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Meigs High School
Meigs High School is a public high school in Pomeroy, Ohio, United States. It is one of four high schools in Meigs County. The school mascot is the Marauders. Meigs High School is the creation of several school districts within Meigs County incl ...
, Pomeroy, Ohio
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Meigs Magnet School, Nashville, Tennessee
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Meigs Mountain Trail
The Meigs Mountain Trail is an American hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Sevier County, Tennessee. The trail traverses the northern slopes of Meigs Mountain in the northwest section of the park, connecting Jakes Creek i ...
, hiking trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Meigs's syndrome
In medicine, Meigs's syndrome, also Meigs syndrome or Demons–Meigs syndrome, is the triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor ( ovarian fibroma, fibrothecoma, Brenner tumour, and occasionally granulosa cell tumour). Meigs synd ...
, a disorder of the female reproductive system
* Mrs. Meigs, a character in a series of novels by
Elizabeth Frances Corbett
Elizabeth Frances Corbett (September 30, 1887 – January 24, 1981) was an American writer of fiction, poems, and plays.
Corbett was known for her contemporary and historical fiction novels. Her books were published from the 1910s throughout the ...
See also
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Meiggs (disambiguation) Meiggs may refer to:
* Henry Meiggs (1811-1877), American promoter/entrepreneur and railroad builder
*Russell Meiggs (1902-1989), British ancient historian
*Meiggs Wharf
Meiggs' Wharf (also known as Meigs Wharf and Meiggs' Pier) was an L-shaped w ...
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