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Welcome to Beck ...

Beck is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beck, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Beck is 570 feet [174 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beck: 636

Communities Also Named Beck ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Beck - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (3), Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon and Texas.

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

Communities near Beck ...

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

  • Saint Louis
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Wildwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • University City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • University City is located in Saint Louis City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,049 people
  • Ballwin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Ballwin is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ballwin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,094 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ballwin <3>
  • Kirkwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Kirkwood is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kirkwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 27,866 people
  • East Saint Louis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Webster Groves
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Webster Groves is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster Groves
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,896 people
  • Creve Coeur
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Creve Coeur is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Creve Coeur
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,624 people
  • Manchester
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Clayton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Clayton is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,775 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 Beck. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beck.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beck ...

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

Adding Beck to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beck post office opened in 1900. The Beck post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beck.

Footnotes ...

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