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Welcome to Beverly ...

Beverly is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beverly, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Beverly is 990 feet [302 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Beverly (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Beverly: 865

Communities Also Named Beverly ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 34 communities that are also named Beverly - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (3), Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri (2), Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Ontario (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (2), Washington and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Beverly ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Kodak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Fraterville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Cook Mill
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Maryville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Farragut
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Alcoa
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Alcoa is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <3>
  • Clinton
    (13 miles [20.9 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 Beverly. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beverly.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beverly ...

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

Adding Beverly to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beverly post office opened in 1886. The Beverly post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beverly.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Knox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beverly - 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/