Welcome to Beechwood ...
Beechwood is located in Sheboygan County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Beechwood, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.
Beechwood is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Beechwood lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Beechwood: 920 & 274<3>
Communities Also Named Beechwood ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Beechwood - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York, Ohio (5), Ontario (4), Pennsylvania (3), South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Virginia (5) and West Virginia (4).
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beechwood.
Communities near Beechwood ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beechwood.
- West Bend
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- West Bend is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Bend
- Population from the 2020 Census: 31,478 people
- Port Washington
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Port Washington is located in Ozaukee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 12,066 people
- Plymouth
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Plymouth is located in Sheboygan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 8,737 people
- Sheboygan Falls
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sheboygan Falls is located in Sheboygan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,914 people
- Jackson
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Jackson is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 7,256 people
- Slinger
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Slinger is located in Washington County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,704 people
- Saukville
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Saukville is located in Ozaukee County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,437 people
- Kewaskum
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Kewaskum is located in Fond du Lac County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaskum
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,296 people
- Oostburg
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Oostburg is located in Sheboygan County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,082 people
- Lomira
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Lomira is located in Dodge County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,454 people
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 Beechwood. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beechwood.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beechwood. 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 Beechwood.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beechwood. See our Newspapers Page for Beechwood.
Adding Beechwood to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Beechwood 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 Beechwood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Beechwood post office opened in 1851. The Beechwood post office closed in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Beechwood.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Sheboygan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beechwood - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 920 code has been Overlayed with the 274 area code. New phone numbers in the Beechwood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 920 or 274. As a result, placing a call in the Beechwood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |