Official Name: | Meadview, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Motto: | "In Hardship, Always United" |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Meadview |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Name2: | Mohave |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 80.39 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 31.04 |
Area Land Km2: | 80.39 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 31.04 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Elevation Ft: | 2986 |
Elevation M: | 910 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 1420 |
Population Density Km2: | 17.66 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 45.75 |
Timezone: | MST (no DST) |
Utc Offset: | −7 |
Coordinates: | 36.0022°N -114.0683°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 86444[3] |
Area Code: | 928 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 04-45285 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Meadview is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mohave County, Arizona, United States, located near Lake Mead. As of the 2020 census, Meadview had 1,420 residents,[2] up from 1,224 as of 2010.[4] It was founded in the 1960s as a retirement community[5] and is still largely one, as well as a vacation spot for people coming to enjoy Lake Mead.
Meadview is located in northern Mohave County at 36°N -118°W (36.00222, -114.0675)[6] [7] at an elevation of . It is north of Kingman, the county seat, via Pierce Ferry Road. From the road it is possible to see Lake Mead to the west, 3miles distant. Road access to the lake is to the north. Pearce Ferry on the Colorado River, at the west end of the Grand Canyon, is north of Meadview.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Meadview CDP has an area of, all land.[1]
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Meadview has a hot desert climate, abbreviated "BWk" on climate maps.[8]
According to the 2010 Census, the racial composition of Meadview was as follows:
Source:[9]
Meadview is the community of license for five broadcast translator television stations and one translator radio station. The TV stations rebroadcast Phoenix stations, and are owned by Mohave County. The radio station is privately owned and rebroadcasts a radio station from Redding, California via satellite. Meadview is also within range of the major television and radio stations from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Broadcast media licensed to Meadview:
The CDP is in the Kingman Unified School District.[10]