Welcome to Beckham ...

Beckham is located in Appomattox County<1>.

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While we don't have a date for the founding of Beckham, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Beckham is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Beckham: 434

Communities Also Named Beckham ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Beckham - it's located in Georgia.

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

Communities near Beckham ...

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

Lynchburg
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
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- Lynchburg is located in Lynchburg City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81,561 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <3>
Amherst
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
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- Amherst is located in Amherst County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,182 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Amherst <3>
Appomattox
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
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- Appomattox is located in Appomattox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,808 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Appomattox <3>
Pamplin City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
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- Pamplin City is located in Appomattox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 227 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pamplin City <3>
Gladstone
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
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- Gladstone is located in Nelson County
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Bent Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bent Creek. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bent Creek
- Bent Creek is located in Appomattox County
Buffalo Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Buffalo Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Buffalo Springs is located in Nelson County
Joshua Falls
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Joshua Falls. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Joshua Falls
- Joshua Falls is located in Amherst County
Spout Spring
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
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- Spout Spring is located in Appomattox County
Concord
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
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- Concord is located in Campbell County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Concord <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beckham ...

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

Adding Beckham to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beckham post office opened in 1899.

We also found Beckham on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beckham.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Appomattox County: www.appomattox.com/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Appomattox, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beckham - 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>	An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/