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Welcome to Beckwith ...

Beckwith is located in Fayette County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beckwith, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

Beckwith is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beckwith: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Beckwith ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 10 communities that are also named Beckwith - they are located in California, Illinois, Iowa, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee and Wyoming (2).

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

Communities near Beckwith ...

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

  • Oak Hill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Fayetteville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Montgomery
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Ansted
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Hope
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Cedar Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • East Bank
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
  • Glasgow
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Smithers
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Pratt
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Pratt is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pratt
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 552 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 Beckwith. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beckwith.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beckwith ...

Looking for more information about Beckwith? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Beckwith, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Beckwith.

Adding Beckwith to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beckwith post office opened in 1884. The Beckwith post office closed in 1989.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beckwith.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of West Virginia's counties, including Fayette, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beckwith - 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 Beckwith area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. As a result, placing a call in the Beckwith 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/