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Welcome to Beans Mill ...

Beans Mill is located in Upshur County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Beans Mill, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Beans Mill, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1918.

A typical abbreviation for Beans Mill: Beans Ml. (or less commonly used: Beans Mll.)

See our Genealogy Helper Page for Beans Mill for more information about variations on the name of Beans Mill.

Beans Mill is 1,770 feet [539 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area codes for Beans Mill: (304) and (681)<4>

Communities Also Named Beans Mill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Beans Mill - it's located in Alabama.

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

Communities near Beans Mill ...

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

  • Elkins
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Buckhannon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Belington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mill Creek
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Mill Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Creek
    • Mill Creek is located in Randolph County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 681 people
  • Beverly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Junior
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junior have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junior
    • Junior is located in Barbour County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 483 people
  • Womelsdorf
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Womelsdorf have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Womelsdorf
    • Womelsdorf is located in Randolph County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 235 people
  • Huttonsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Sago
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sago
    • Sago is located in Upshur County
  • Adrian
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adrian
    • Adrian is located in Upshur County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beans Mill ...

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

Adding Beans Mill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Beans Mill 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 Beans Mill was on a map titled Map of West Virginia (from Rand McNally, 1911).

We also found Beans Mill in the book titled .<7> From that list, the Beans Mill post office opened in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beans Mill.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Upshur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beans Mill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (681) is an overlay for area code (304).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>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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