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Welcome to Beerston ...

Beerston is located in Delaware County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beerston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Beerston is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Websites for Beerston ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.delawarecounty.org/

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

Communities near Beerston ...

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

  • Sidney
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Delhi
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Delhi is located in Delaware County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Delhi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,871 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Delhi <3>
  • Walton
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Deposit
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Unadilla
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Hancock
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Otego
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Afton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Franklin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Andes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beerston ...

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

Adding Beerston to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beerston post office opened in 1888. The Beerston post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beerston.

Footnotes ...

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