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Welcome to Beech Grove ...

Beech Grove is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Beech Grove is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beech Grove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

A typical abbreviation for Beech Grove: Beech Grv.

Beech Grove is 110 feet [34 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beech Grove: 409

Communities Also Named Beech Grove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Beech Grove - they are located in Arkansas (2), Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky (3), Mississippi, Pennsylvania (3), Quebec, Tennessee (10), Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Beech Grove ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beech Grove ...

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

Adding Beech Grove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beech Grove 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 for Beech Grove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

X2X - From that list, the Beech Grove post office opened in 1890.

We also found Beech Grove in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beech Grove.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Beech Grove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Jasper, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beech Grove - 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>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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