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Welcome to Beaver Falls ...

Beaver Falls is located in Renville County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Falls, you might consider that their post office opened in 1867.

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Beaver Falls for more information about variations on the name of Beaver Falls.

Beaver Falls is 920 feet [280 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Beaver Falls ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Beaver Falls - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia, New York and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Beaver Falls ...

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

  • Redwood Falls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Olivia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Renville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairfax
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Hector
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bird Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Morgan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Morgan is located in Redwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morgan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 832 people
  • Wabasso
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Franklin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Danube
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver Falls ...

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

Adding Beaver Falls to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beaver Falls post office opened in 1867. The Beaver Falls post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

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