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Welcome to Beckton ...

Beckton is located in Barren County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beckton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1883.

Beckton is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Beckton and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Beckton: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Beckton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Beckton - they are located in Texas and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Beckton ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beckton ...

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

Adding Beckton to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beckton 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 Beckton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Beckton post office opened in 1883.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beckton.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Barren, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beckton - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Beckton area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Beckton 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.
<5>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.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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