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Welcome to Beaver Meadow ...

Beaver Meadow is located in Chenango County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Meadow, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

A typical abbreviation for Beaver Meadow: Beaver Mdw.

Beaver Meadow is 1,470 feet [448 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Beaver Meadow lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Websites for Beaver Meadow ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chenangony.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Beaver Meadow, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Beaver Meadow ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Beaver Meadow - they are located in Alabama, Nova Scotia and Ontario.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beaver Meadow.

Communities near Beaver Meadow ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beaver Meadow.

  • Norwich
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamilton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hamilton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
    • Hamilton is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,079 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hamilton <3>
  • Morrisville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Oxford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Sherburne
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • New Berlin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Berlin have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Berlin
    • New Berlin is located in Chenango County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 973 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Berlin <3>
  • Earlville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Earlville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Earlville
    • Earlville is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 796 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Earlville <3>
  • DeRuyter
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for DeRuyter have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeRuyter
    • DeRuyter is located in Madison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 518 people
  • Fabius
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Madison
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Beaver Meadow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaver Meadow.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beaver Meadow. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beaver Meadow.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver Meadow. See our Newspapers Page for Beaver Meadow.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver Meadow ...

Looking for more information about Beaver Meadow? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Beaver Meadow, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beaver Meadow.

Adding Beaver Meadow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beaver Meadow in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Beaver Meadow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beaver Meadow post office opened in 1848.

We also found Beaver Meadow in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver Meadow.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beaver Meadow. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Chenango County: www.co.chenango.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Chenango, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver Meadow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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