Welcome to Beloit ...Beloit is located in Lee 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 250 feet [76 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Beloit lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Beloit and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Code for Beloit: 229 Communities Also Named Beloit ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Beloit - they are located in Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beloit. Websites for Beloit ...Chamber of Commerce: www.leechamber.net/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Beloit, the following might be of interest: Communities near Beloit ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beloit.
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.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Beloit. Footnotes ...
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