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Welcome to Beamsville ...

Beamsville is located in Darke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beamsville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1839.

Beamsville is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Beamsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Beamsville - it's located in Ontario.

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

Websites for Beamsville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.darkecountyohio.com/

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

Communities near Beamsville ...

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

  • Piqua
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Greenville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greenville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
    • Greenville is located in Darke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,627 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <3>
  • Union City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Minster
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Covington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Saint Henry
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Versailles
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Arcanum
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Arcanum have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arcanum
    • Arcanum is located in Darke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,004 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arcanum <3>
  • Bradford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Union City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Union City have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union City
    • Union City is located in Darke County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,585 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beamsville ...

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

Adding Beamsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beamsville post office opened in 1839.

We also found Beamsville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beamsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Darke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beamsville - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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