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Welcome to Beroun ...

Beroun is located in Pine County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beroun, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Beroun: Named after the town of Beroun, in the Czech Republic.

Beroun is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Beroun ...

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

  • Mora
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Rush City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Pine City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Sandstone
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Hinckley
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Braham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rock Creek
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Grantsburg
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Grasston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Brook Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Brook Park is located in Pine County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brook Park
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 132 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beroun ...

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

Adding Beroun to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beroun post office opened in 1895.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beroun.

Footnotes ...

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