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Welcome to Beechford ...

Beechford is located in Ulster County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beechford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

Beechford is 660 feet [201 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beechford: 845 & 329<3>

Websites for Beechford ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.ulsterchamber.org/

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

Communities near Beechford ...

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

  • Kingston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Saugerties
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Rhinebeck
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Tivoli
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Tannersville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Hunter
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Fleischmanns
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashokan
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Ashokan is located in Ulster County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashokan
  • Phoenicia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Shokan
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Beechford. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beechford.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beechford ...

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

Adding Beechford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beechford post office opened in 1892. The Beechford post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beechford.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Ulster, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beechford - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Beechford area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Beechford 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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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