Welcome to Berea ...
Berea is located in Granville County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Berea, you might consider that their post office opened in 1841.
Berea is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Berea lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Berea: 919 & 984<3>
Communities Also Named Berea ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Berea - they are located in Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas (2), Virginia and West Virginia.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Berea.
Communities near Berea ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Berea.
- Henderson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Oxford
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Roxboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Butner
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Creedmoor
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Stem
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stem have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
- Stem is located in Granville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
- Stovall
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stovall have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stovall
- Stovall is located in Granville County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 420 people
- Kittrell
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kittrell have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kittrell
- Kittrell is located in Vance County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kittrell <4>
- Virgilina
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Moriah
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
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 Berea. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Berea.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Berea. 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 Berea.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Berea. See our Newspapers Page for Berea.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Berea ...
Looking for more information about Berea? 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 Berea, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Berea.
Adding Berea to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Berea 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 for Berea was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
From that list, the Berea post office opened in 1841.
We also found Berea in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Berea.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Granville, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Berea - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Berea area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Berea 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> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <6> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |