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Welcome to Beloit ...

Beloit is located in Dallas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beloit, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Beloit is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Beloit lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Beloit: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Beloit ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Beloit - they are located in Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Beloit ...

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

  • Selma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Selma is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Selma
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,671 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Selma <4>
  • Valley Grande
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Valley Grande is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valley Grande
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,468 people
  • Orrville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Benton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Benton is located in Lowndes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Sunset Mill Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Sunset Mill Village is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Mill Village
  • Harrell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Harrell is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrell
  • Marion Junction
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Marion Junction is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion Junction
  • Augustin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Augustin is located in Perry County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Augustin
  • Massillon ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Massillon is located in Dallas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Massillon
  • Sardis
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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 Beloit. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beloit.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beloit. 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 Beloit.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beloit ...

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

Adding Beloit to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beloit 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 (so far) for Beloit was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beloit post office opened in 1892. The Beloit post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beloit.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Dallas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beloit - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Beloit area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Beloit area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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