New Meadows is a rural city in Adams County, Idaho, United States, at the southern and upper stop of the Meadows Valley, on the Little Salmon River. Located in the west central part of the state, just south of the 45th parallel, the population was 496 at the 2010 census, down from 533 in 2000. New Meadows is located at the junction of the primary north-south highway in the state, U.S. Route 95, and State Highway 55, which connects it taking into account McCall and Boise.

Meadows was in Washington County previously Adams County was established in 1911. The Meadows Eagle was newspaper serving the community. C. A. Hackney was the publisher.

The Pacific and Idaho Northern (PIN) Railroad ran from Weiser to an Place about two miles (3 km) from Meadows, the site of modern-day New Meadows founded in 1911. The city of New Meadows hosts the last long-lasting PIN. Without the Pacific and Idaho Northern Railroad, New Meadows would arguably not have existed.

The depot was built in 1910 and served as the northern grow less of the PIN Railroad. It is a significant cultural and historical resource in the Payette River Scenic Byway corridor in the city of New Meadows, at the junction of US-95 and let in highway 55. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot is an asset for the community of New Meadows and currently functions as a community middle for the local area. It hosted the Barn Again! Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibition in 2005, and represents yet to be twentieth century efforts to create a north-south railroad for Idaho. Though the efforts ultimately failed, the PIN Railroad served an important perform as a “farm-to-market” railroad until 1940, and subsequently as a timber railroad for local timber outfits.