Welcome to Beatysville ...

So far, we found very little information about Beatysville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Beatysville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Beatysville, please Contact Us.

Beatysville would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

The location of Beatysville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beatysville, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Beatysville is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Beatysville was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Beatysville still existed, it would have been in the (304) and (681)<5> area codes.

Communities near Beatysville ...

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

• Parkersburg
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkersburg
  • Parkersburg is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,009 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkersburg <6>
• Vienna
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Vienna have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vienna
  • Vienna is located in Wood County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,028 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Vienna <6>
• Belpre
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belpre
  • Belpre is located in Washington County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,356 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Belpre <6>
• Ravenswood
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ravenswood
  • Ravenswood is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,616 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ravenswood <6>
• Ripley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
  • Ripley is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <6>
• New Haven
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Haven
  • New Haven is located in Mason County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,451 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Haven <6>
• Elizabeth
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
  • Elizabeth is located in Wirt County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elizabeth <6>
• Syracuse
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Syracuse have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Syracuse
  • Syracuse is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 809 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Syracuse <6>
• Racine
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Racine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Racine
  • Racine is located in Meigs County (OH)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 654 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Racine <6>
• Hartford City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hartford City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
  • Hartford City is located in Mason County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 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 Beatysville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beatysville.

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

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

Adding Beatysville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beatysville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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