 The village was founded in 1957 by Pavel Nypevi, after whom one of the village streets is named.Between 2003 and 2005 there was a general refurbishment of the village where all of the old buildings and houses were torn down and new ones erected in their place.Meynypilgyno is located on the shores of the Bering Sea, on a spit by the between Lake Vaamochka (, meaning the "meeting of rivers") and Lake Pekulney.