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Welcome to Beaver City ...

Beaver City is located in Newton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1866.

Beaver City is 680 feet [207 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Beaver City (for example, toward Earl Park), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Beaver City: 219

Communities Also Named Beaver City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Beaver City - they are located in Colorado, Nebraska and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Beaver City ...

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

  • Rensselaer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Watseka
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Watseka is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watseka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,694 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watseka <3>
  • Kentland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Saint Anne
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Remington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Morocco
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Goodland
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Brook
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheldon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Sheldon is located in Iroquois County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sheldon <3>
  • Hopkins Park
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Hopkins Park is located in Kankakee County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hopkins Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 608 people
    • Hopkins Park has also been known as:
    • Hopkins Park village
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hopkins Park <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 Beaver City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaver City.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver City ...

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

Adding Beaver City to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beaver City post office opened in 1866. The Beaver City post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver City.

Footnotes ...

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