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Welcome to Beaver Creek ...

Beaver Creek is located in Ashe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1856.

A typical abbreviation for Beaver Creek: Beaver Crk. (or less commonly used: Beaver Ck. or Beaver Cr.)

Beaver Creek is 3,020 feet [920 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Beaver Creek is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Beaver Creek lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Beaver Creek: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Beaver Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Beaver Creek: This one is located in Ashe County and the other is located in Cumberland County.

Beyond North Carolina, there are 29 communities that are also named Beaver Creek - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, Colorado (2), Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Manitoba, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana (3), North Dakota, Ohio, Saskatchewan, South Carolina (2), Wisconsin, Wyoming and Yukon.

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

Communities near Beaver Creek ...

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

  • Boone
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Boone is located in Watauga County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boone
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,003 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boone <4>
  • Mountain City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jefferson
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Trade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Trade is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trade
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,441 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trade <4>
  • Blowing Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Dowell ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dowell is located in Johnson County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dowell
    • Estimated population in 2014: 364 people
  • Lansing
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Fleetwood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Orion
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Orion is located in Ashe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orion
  • Warrensville
    (5 miles [8 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 Creek. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beaver Creek.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver Creek ...

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

Adding Beaver Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beaver Creek 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 Creek was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beaver Creek post office opened in 1856. The Beaver Creek post office closed in 1930.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Ashe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver Creek - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Beaver Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Beaver Creek 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/