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Welcome to Beebe ...

Beebe is located in Athens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beebe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Beebe is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beebe: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Beebe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Beebe - they are located in Arkansas, Michigan (3), Montana, Quebec, South Dakota, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Beebe ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beebe ...

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

Adding Beebe to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beebe post office opened in 1875. The Beebe post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beebe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Athens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beebe - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Beebe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Beebe 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/