Do you know of Beachwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Beachwood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Beachwood.<1>
Our sources for Beachwood (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Beachwood other than they indicate that Beachwood would be found somewhere in Ocean County, New Jersey.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1918.
Communities Also Named Beachwood ...
We found nine communities that share the name Beachwood.
Within New Jersey, the name Beachwood is unique.
Beyond New Jersey, we know of another nine communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, eight are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Delaware
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the Delaware community of Beachwood [Sussex County].
- Florida
- Duval County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Beachwood [Duval County].
- Louisiana
- West Feliciana Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Beachwood [West Feliciana Parish].
- Maryland
- Baltimore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Beachwood [Baltimore County].
- Massachusetts
- Berkshire County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Beachwood [Berkshire County].
- Michigan
- Ogemaw County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Beachwood [Ogemaw County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Beachwood.
- New York
- Chautauqua County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New York community of Beachwood [Chautauqua County].
- Ohio
- Cuyahoga County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beachwood [Cuyahoga County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beachwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Beachwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Shell Oil Road Map for New Jersey (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company
More Orphans in Ocean County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Ocean County.
Footnotes ...
<1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
<2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Beachwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
<3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |