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Welcome to Beebe River ...

Beebe River is located in Grafton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beebe River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.

A typical abbreviation for Beebe River: Beebe Riv.

Beebe River is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beebe River: 603

Communities near Beebe River ...

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

  • Plymouth
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Meredith
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Moultonborough
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Bristol
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Tamworth
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Thornton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • New Hampton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Holderness
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Ashland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Lincoln
    (14 miles [22.5 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 Beebe River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beebe River.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beebe River ...

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

Adding Beebe River to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beebe River post office opened in 1917. The Beebe River post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beebe River.

Footnotes ...

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