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Welcome to Beach ...

Beach is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Beach is located in Webster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Beach is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beach: 417

Communities Also Named Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Beach - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Dakota (2), Texas, Virginia and Washington.

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

Communities near Beach ...

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

  • Marshfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Strafford
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Fair Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Fordland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Conway
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pleasant Hope
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Niangua
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Niangua is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niangua
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 424 people
  • Diggins
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Diggins is located in Webster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diggins
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 326 people
  • Phillipsburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beach ...

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

Adding Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beach post office opened in 1897. The Beach post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beach.

Footnotes ...

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