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Welcome to Beattie ...

Beattie is located

Beattie is located in Comanche County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beattie, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Beattie is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Beattie ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Beattie - they are located in Kansas, Kentucky and Maine.

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

Communities near Beattie ...

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

  • Comanche
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • De Leon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Gorman
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Rising Star
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Blanket
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Carbon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Duster
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Duster is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duster
  • Sidney
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Sipe Springs
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Sipe Springs is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sipe Springs
  • Rucker
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Rucker is located in Comanche County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rucker

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beattie ...

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

Adding Beattie to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beattie post office opened in 1902. The Beattie post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beattie.

Footnotes ...

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