Do you know of Beulah ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Beulah. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Beulah.
We found mention of Beulah as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1901 and closed in 1904.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Beulah ...
We found 55 communities that share the name Beulah.
There is one other community in Pennsylvania which is also named Beulah.
Beyond Pennsylvania, we know of another 54 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 54 communities, 54 are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Pennsylvania ...
- Clearfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beulah [Clearfield County].
- Clearfield County
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Covington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Beulah [Covington County].
- DeKalb County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Beulah [DeKalb County].
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Beulah [Greene County].
- Lee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Beulah [Lee County].
- Arkansas
- Colorado
- Pueblo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Beulah [Pueblo County].
- Florida
- Escambia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Beulah [Escambia County].
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Beulah [Hillsborough County].
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Beulah [Orange County].
- Georgia
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beulah [Douglas County].
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beulah [Hancock County].
- Laurens County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beulah [Laurens County].
- Paulding County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beulah [Paulding County].
- Schley County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beulah [Schley County].
- Wilkes County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beulah [Wilkes County].
- Iowa
- Clayton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Beulah [Clayton County].
- Kansas
- Bourbon County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Beulah [Bourbon County].
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Beulah [Crawford County].
- Kentucky
- Manitoba
- Please visit our profile page for the Manitoba community of Beulah.
- Maryland
- Dorchester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Beulah [Dorchester County].
- Michigan
- Benzie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Beulah [Benzie County].
- Mississippi
- Attala County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Beulah [Attala County].
- Bolivar County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Beulah [Bolivar County].
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Beulah [Newton County].
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- Washoe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Beulah [Washoe County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Beulah.
- New Mexico
- New York
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Beulah [Monroe County].
- North Carolina
- Hyde County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beulah [Hyde County].
- Johnston County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beulah [Johnston County].
- Polk County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beulah [Polk County].
- Sampson County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Beulah [Sampson County].
- North Dakota
- Mercer County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Dakota community of Beulah [Mercer County].
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Malheur County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Beulah [Malheur County].
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
- Washington
- Ferry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Beulah [Ferry County].
- West Virginia
- Randolph County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Beulah [Randolph County].
- Wyoming
- Crook County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Beulah [Crook County].
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beulah ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Beulah:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
The FIPS database contains an entry for Beulah.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 42/06160 (Place Name: Beulah)
County: Allegheny (FIPS State/County: 42/003)
Class: U8
Identifies a populated place (in this case, Beulah) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
More Orphans in Allegheny County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Allegheny County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Beulah could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |