Short answers, pulled from the story.
Meridian, Idaho received its official name in 1893 when the town adopted the identity of Meridian following a decision by an Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge. The settlement originally emerged as Hunter in 1891 on the Onweiler farm before changing names two years later.
Fruit production in Meridian, Idaho ceased in the mid-1940s because profits vanished for local orchards growing apples and Italian prunes. Farmers had previously built packing businesses along railroad tracks to support these agricultural operations.
The 2020 census recorded 117,635 people residing in Meridian, Idaho. This population count makes it the second most populous city in Ada County after Boise.
The Ada County Dairymen cooperative creamery produced Challenge Butter from 1929 until local operations ceased in 1970. Wyeth Laboratories later affiliated with the creamery to manufacture SMA baby formula while the plant operated seven days a week for forty years.
Meridian, Idaho lies on a flat plain roughly in the north central part of Treasure Valley. The city features a low bench along its south east edge and is crossed by several irrigation canals running from the south east to the north west.