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Do you know of Beckley ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Beckley. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Beckley.<1>

Our sources for Beckley (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Beckley other than they indicate that Beckley would be found somewhere in Dickson County, Tennessee.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1880 and closed  in 1881.

Communities Also Named Beckley ...

We found two communities that share the name Beckley.

Within Tennessee, the name Beckley is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Beckley [Jefferson County].
    • West Virginia
      • Raleigh County
      • Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Beckley [Raleigh County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beckley ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Beckley:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

More Orphans in  Dickson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Dickson County.

Adenburgh 
 Hazel Ridge
BakerHeath
Beefrange 
ByronLarkins
  
Cave MillsRossland
Cloverdale 
CrowSwamp
  
FoxvilleTurnbull
  
GlenwildeWorley Furnace

Footnotes ...

<1>This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
<2>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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