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Welcome to Beluga ...

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beluga, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1909.

Beluga is near sea level<1>.

Time Zone: Beluga lies in the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Beluga: 907

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beluga ...

Looking for more information about Beluga? 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 Beluga, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beluga.

Adding Beluga to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beluga 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 Beluga was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

From that list, the Beluga post office opened in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beluga.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beluga - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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