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Welcome to Beryl ...

Beryl is located in Blair County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beryl, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Beryl is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beryl: 814 & 582<3>

Communities Also Named Beryl ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Beryl - they are located in Arkansas, Utah and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Beryl ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blairchamber.com/

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

Communities near Beryl ...

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

  • Altoona
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Huntingdon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Tyrone
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Ebensburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Roaring Spring
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Portage
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Martinsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bellwood
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Patton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Cresson
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beryl ...

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

Adding Beryl to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beryl post office opened in 1898. The Beryl post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beryl.

Footnotes ...

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