Meriden ( ) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Meriden Township, Steele County,

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, United States, near Owatonna and Waseca. The community is located along SW 92nd Avenue (County 18) near SW 13th Street.

History

Meriden was laid out in 1867. The community was named after

Meriden, Connecticut Meriden ( ) is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, located halfway between the regional cities of New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, Hartford. The city is part of the South Central Connecticut Planni ...

, the native home of a first settler. The Meriden post office was discontinued in 1992.

References

Unincorporated communities in Steele County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{SteeleCountyMN-geo-stub