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Welcome to Beebeetown ...

Beebeetown is located in Harrison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beebeetown, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Beebeetown is 1,320 feet [402 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beebeetown: 712

Communities near Beebeetown ...

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

  • Council Bluffs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Blair
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blair
    • Blair is located in Washington County (NE)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,948 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Blair <3>
  • Carter Lake
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Missouri Valley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Logan
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
    • Logan is located in Harrison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Logan <3>
  • Woodbine
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Woodbine have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbine
    • Woodbine is located in Harrison County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,363 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbine <3>
  • Fort Calhoun
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Underwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Neola
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Neola
    • Neola is located in Pottawattamie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 890 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Neola <3>
  • Crescent
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crescent have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crescent
    • Crescent is located in Pottawattamie County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 618 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crescent <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beebeetown ...

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

Adding Beebeetown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beebeetown 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 Beebeetown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beebeetown post office opened in 1879.

We also found Beebeetown in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beebeetown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Harrison, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beebeetown - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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