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Welcome to Beech Hill ...

Beech Hill is located in Wilkinson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beech Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

Beech Hill is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beech Hill: 478

Communities Also Named Beech Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Beech Hill - they are located in Delaware, New Brunswick, New York, Nova Scotia (4), Tennessee (4) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Beech Hill ...

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

  • Tuckers Crossroad
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Tuckers Crossroad is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tuckers Crossroad
  • Sandersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Wrightsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tennille
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Dedrich
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Dedrich is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dedrich
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,146 people
  • Midway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Midway is located in Laurens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midway
    • Estimated population in 2019: 2,061 people
  • The Colony
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • The Colony is located in Baldwin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Colony
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,834 people
  • Gordon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Gordon is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <3>
  • Ivey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Ivey is located in Wilkinson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ivey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 899 people
  • McIntyre
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beech Hill ...

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

Adding Beech Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beech Hill 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 Beech Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Beech Hill post office opened in 1889. The Beech Hill post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beech Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Wilkinson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beech Hill - 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>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/