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Meridian
PennsylvaniaCDP
Meridian
Total population
3,837
Median home value
$244,000
Bachelor's+
Median income
$79,191
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
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Overview
Meridian is a census-designated place (CDP) in Butler Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,881 at the 2010 census. Meridian was the site of an attempted assassination of 45th and 47th President of the United States Donald Trump in July 2024.
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History
Meridian was linked to Butler, Evans City and Pittsburgh in 1908 by the Pittsburgh, Harmony, Butler and New Castle Railway, an interurban trolley line. The line closed on June 15, 1931, and the trolleys were replaced by buses. The then former president Donald Trump was shot at during a campaign rally being held at the Butler Farm Show fairground, partly in Meridian, on July 13, 2024. Trump and at least two other attendees were injured in the attack and one attendee was killed. The attacker, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was then fatally shot by a Secret Service sniper. Trump later returned to the same Farm Show fairground for a second campaign rally on October 5, 2024.
Geography
Meridian is located in the western part of Butler Township at (40.854415, −79.956359). It is bordered to the east and partly to the north by the Homeacre-Lyndora CDP. Pennsylvania Route 68 forms the northern edge of the Meridian CDP, leading east to downtown Butler and southwest to Evans City. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.16%, is water.
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Nearby places in Pennsylvania
- Homeacre-Lyndora2.2 mi away
- Meadowood3.2 mi away
- Connoquenessing4 mi away
- Callery8.9 mi away · pop. 458
- Fenelton11.9 mi away
- Lake Arthur Estates12.6 mi away
- Bairdford16 mi away
- Bradford Woods16.3 mi away
- Frisco16.4 mi away
- Harlansburg16.6 mi away · pop. 269
- Ellwood City17.2 mi away · pop. 7,532
- Boyers17.8 mi away · pop. 138
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- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • NOAA National Weather Service
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library