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Welcome to Beech Creek ...

Beech Creek is located in Grant County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beech Creek, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

A typical abbreviation for Beech Creek: Beech Crk. (or less commonly used: Beech Ck. or Beech Cr.)

Beech Creek is 4,410 feet [1,344 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Beech Creek is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Beech Creek lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Beech Creek: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Beech Creek ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Beech Creek - they are located in Arkansas (3), Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina (2), Pennsylvania and West Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Beech Creek ...

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

  • John Day
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Canyon City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Mount Vernon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Long Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Monument
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hamilton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Hamilton is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamilton
  • Galena
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Galena is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
  • Ritter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Susanville ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Susanville is located in Grant County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Susanville
  • Dayville
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beech Creek ...

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

Adding Beech Creek to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beech Creek post office opened in 1900. The Beech Creek post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beech Creek.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beech Creek - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Beech Creek area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Beech Creek 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/