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Welcome to Beaver (aka 'Beaver City') ...

The city of Beaver is located in Beaver County<1> and is the County Seat for Beaver County.

Beaver was established in 1856.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Beaver: Named after the nearby Beaver River.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Beaver has a population of 3,193 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Beaver is 5,880 feet [1,792 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Beaver is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Beaver lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Beaver: 435

The ZIP code for Beaver: 84713<4>

The city of Beaver has also been called Beaver City.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Beaver had an population of 3,193 people. This is an increase of 2.6% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 30.11% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Beaver had a population of 3,112 people (which is 46.76% of the total population of Beaver County). This makes Beaver the county's most populous community.

The population of Beaver represents 0.11% of the total population of Utah (which has 2,763,885 people), making it the state's 98th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 3,112 people, the population of Beaver increased 26.81% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 2,454 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Beaver.

Communities Also Named Beaver ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 44 communities that are also named Beaver - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas (6), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Missouri (2), Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2), Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Websites for Beaver ...

Official Website: www.beaverutah.net/

Communities near Beaver ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beaver. Our list includes 11 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Beaver.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beaver ...

Looking for more information about Beaver? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Beaver, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Beaver.

Adding Beaver to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beaver 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 Beaver was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Beaver post office opened in 1857.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beaver.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Utah's counties, including Beaver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Beaver.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Beaver). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Beaver or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/