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Welcome to Becks Grove ...

Becks Grove is located in Brown County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Becks Grove, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

A typical abbreviation for Becks Grove: Becks Grv.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Becks Grove for more information about variations on the name of Becks Grove.

Becks Grove is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Becks Grove: 812 & 930<3>

Communities Also Named Becks Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Becks Grove - it's located in New York.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Becks Grove.

Communities near Becks Grove ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Becks Grove ...

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

Adding Becks Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Becks Grove 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 Becks Grove was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Becks Grove.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Becks Grove - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Becks Grove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Becks Grove area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.