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Welcome to Beulah ...

Beulah is located in Malheur County<1>.


The location of Beulah has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Beulah, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

Beulah is 3,280 feet [1,000 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Beulah is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Beulah lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Beulah, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

Telephone area codes for Beulah: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities Also Named Beulah ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 57 communities that are also named Beulah - they are located in Alabama (4), Arkansas (2), Colorado, Florida (3), Georgia (7), Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Manitoba (2), Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi (3), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Mexico (2), New York, North Carolina (4), North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (2), Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Beulah ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Beulah.

  • Juntura
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Drewsey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Westfall ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westfall
    • Westfall is located in Malheur County
  • Riverside
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
  • Harper
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the east)
  • Ironside
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beulah ...

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

Adding Beulah to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beulah 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 Beulah was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Beulah post office opened in 1884.

We also found Beulah in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beulah.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beulah. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Malheur County: www.malheurco.org/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Malheur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beulah - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (458) is an overlay for area code (541).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

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