Places
- Van Meter, a town and township in Dallas County, Iowa, named after landowner Jacob Rhoads Van Meter (1824–?)
- "The Heater from Van Meter" is a nickname for baseball pitcher Bob Feller, who was born and raised in Van Meter
- Van Meter, Pennsylvania, a settlement in Westmoreland County and site of the 1907 Darr Mine Disaster
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