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Welcome to Beaverdam ...

Beaverdam is located in the Missouri Ozarks.

Beaverdam is located in Ripley County<1>.

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

Beaverdam is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beaverdam: 573 & 235<3>

Communities Also Named Beaverdam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Beaverdam - they are located in Alberta, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina (4), Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Beaverdam ...

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

  • Poplar Bluff
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Doniphan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Naylor
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Naylor is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 585 people
  • Neelyville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Ellsinore
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Williamsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Grandin
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Grandin is located in Carter County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 231 people
  • Fairdealing
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Fairdealing is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdealing
  • Gamburg
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Gamburg is located in Ripley County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gamburg
  • Harviell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaverdam ...

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

Adding Beaverdam to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beaverdam in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Beaverdam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beaverdam post office opened in 1895. The Beaverdam post office closed in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaverdam.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Missouri's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaverdam - 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 573 code has been Overlayed with the 235 area code. New phone numbers in the Beaverdam area will be assigned with one of these codes: 573 or 235. As a result, placing a call in the Beaverdam 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>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/