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Welcome to Beach Ridge ...

Beach Ridge is located in Niagara County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beach Ridge, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Beach Ridge: Beach Rdg. (or less commonly used: Beach Rdge. or Beach Ridg.)

Beach Ridge is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beach Ridge: 716 & 624<3>

Communities near Beach Ridge ...

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

  • Buffalo
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Niagara Falls
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Niagara Falls
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • North Tonawanda
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Tonawanda
    • North Tonawanda is located in Niagara County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,050 people
  • Fort Erie
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Lockport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Thorold
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lackawanna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Kenmore
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Depew
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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 Beach Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beach Ridge.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beach Ridge ...

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

Adding Beach Ridge to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beach Ridge post office opened in 1857.

We also found Beach Ridge in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beach Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Niagara, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beach Ridge - 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 716 code has been Overlayed with the 624 area code. New phone numbers in the Beach Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 716 or 624. As a result, placing a call in the Beach Ridge 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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/