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Meath

Ghost town · Yavapai County, Arizona

Ash Fork quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500)
Ash Fork quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Meath is a ghost town in Yavapai County, Arizona. It is one of 15 former communities in Yavapai County on the federal names register. No county in Arizona has more among the 15 Arizona counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Meath as a historical populated place on the Meath Spring topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 35.1233° N, 112.4474° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMeath Spring
Elevation5,135 ft
Nearest living townAsh Fork, AZ
Distance to it6.9 miles
GNIS feature ID42813
Coordinates35.12335, -112.44740

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Meath today, aerial view
Ash Fork quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500)

Left: Ash Fork quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Meath is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ash Fork, AZ (population 578), about 6.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 5,135 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Meath?

Meath is in Yavapai County, Arizona, at 35.1233, -112.4474.

How many ghost towns are in Yavapai County?

Yavapai County, Arizona has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.