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Welcome to Beale ...

Beale is located in Mason County<1>.

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

Beale is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beale: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Beale ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Beale - they are located in Louisiana, Tennessee and Virginia.

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

Communities near Beale ...

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

  • Point Pleasant
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Gallipolis
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Middleport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pomeroy
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Pomeroy is located in Meigs County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pomeroy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,740 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pomeroy <4>
  • New Haven
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Buffalo
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Mason
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Rio Grande
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartford City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Hartford City is located in Mason County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
  • Rutland
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beale ...

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

Adding Beale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beale in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Beale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Beale post office opened in 1902. The Beale post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beale.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Mason, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beale - 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Beale area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Beale area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/