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Welcome to Beaver River ...

Beaver River is located in the Adirondacks.

Beaver River is located in Herkimer County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beaver River, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1905.

A typical abbreviation for Beaver River: Beaver Riv.

Beaver River is 1,690 feet [515 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beaver River: 315 & 680<3>

Communities Also Named Beaver River ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Beaver River - they are located in Alberta, Nova Scotia (2) and Saskatchewan.

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

Websites for Beaver River ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.herkimercountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Beaver River, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Beaver River ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver River ...

Looking for more information about Beaver 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Beaver River, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Beaver River.

Adding Beaver River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beaver 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 for Beaver River was on a map titled Map of New York (from Rand McNally, 1897).

We also found Beaver River mentioned on a train schedule titled New York Central Railroad Time Table (July 1902).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Herkimer, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver River - 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 315 code has been Overlayed with the 680 area code. New phone numbers in the Beaver River area will be assigned with one of these codes: 315 or 680. As a result, placing a call in the Beaver River 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.