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Welcome to Beale ...

So far, we found very little information about Beale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Beale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beale, please Contact Us.

Beale would have been located within present day Hickman County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beale, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Beale is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Beale was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Beale was located: 931

Communities Also Named Beale ...

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

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

Communities near Beale ...

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

  • Columbia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Dickson
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Greenfield Bend
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Greenfield Bend is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield Bend
    • Estimated population in 2014: 15,035 people
  • Fairview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Sawdust
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sawdust is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sawdust
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,053 people
  • White Bluff
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Centerville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Kingston Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Loriland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Loriland is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
  • Burns
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Burns is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns <4>

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

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

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

Adding Beale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beale in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Beale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beale post office opened in 1892. The Beale post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beale.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Beale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hickman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/