RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> Commonwealth of Pennsylvania >> Somerset County >> BeachdaleIndex...

Welcome to Beachdale ...

Beachdale is located in Somerset County<1>.

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

Beachdale is 2,050 feet [625 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beachdale: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Beachdale ...

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

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

Communities near Beachdale ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beachdale ...

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

Adding Beachdale to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beachdale post office opened in 1888. The Beachdale post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beachdale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Somerset, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beachdale - 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 814 code has been Overlayed with the 582 area code. New phone numbers in the Beachdale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 814 or 582. As a result, placing a call in the Beachdale 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/