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Welcome to Beech Glen ...

Beech Glen is located in Nicholas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Beech Glen, you might consider that their post office opened in 1920.

A typical abbreviation for Beech Glen: Beech Gln.

Beech Glen is 710 feet [216 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Beech Glen: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Beech Glen ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Beech Glen - they are located in New Brunswick, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Beech Glen ...

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

  • Oak Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Summersville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Fayetteville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Montgomery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Ansted
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Cedar Grove
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Cedar Grove is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 897 people
  • East Bank
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • East Bank is located in Kanawha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bank
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 857 people
  • Glasgow
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Smithers
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Pratt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • 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 Beech Glen. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beech Glen.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beech Glen ...

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

Adding Beech Glen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Beech Glen post office opened in 1920. The Beech Glen post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Beech Glen.

Footnotes ...

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