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Welcome to Beshoar ...Beshoar is located in Las Animas County<1>. The location of Beshoar has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Beshoar, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901. From Place Names in Colorado,<3> the origin of Beshoar is described as "Named after Michael Beshoar, an early settler and physician." Beshoar is 5,920 feet [1,804 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Beshoar is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Beshoar lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Beshoar lies within the (719) area code. Communities near Beshoar ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beshoar.
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 Beshoar. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beshoar. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beshoar. 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 Beshoar. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beshoar. See our Newspapers Page for Beshoar. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beshoar ...Looking for more information about Beshoar? 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 Beshoar, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beshoar. Adding Beshoar to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Beshoar 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 Beshoar was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Beshoar. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beshoar. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Las Animas County: www.tlac.net/county/ The official website for State of Colorado: https://www.colorado.gov/ Footnotes ...
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