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Welcome to Beasley ...

Beasley is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beasley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Beasley is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Beasley lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Beasley: 931

Communities Also Named Beasley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Beasley: This one is located in Marshall County and the other is located in Dickson County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 9 communities that are also named Beasley - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, British Columbia, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina and Texas.

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

Websites for Beasley ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

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

Communities near Beasley ...

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

  • Murfreesboro
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Spring Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Shelbyville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewisburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Nolensville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Thompson's Station
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <3>
  • Chapel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Unionville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Snell ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Snell is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snell
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,361 people
  • Eagleville
    (4 miles [6.4 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 Beasley. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beasley.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beasley ...

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

Adding Beasley to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beasley 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 Beasley was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Beasley post office opened in 1880. The Beasley post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beasley.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Marshall, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beasley - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/