Do you know of Beechwood ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Beechwood. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Beechwood.
Our sources for Beechwood (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Beechwood other than they indicate that Beechwood would be found somewhere in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1889 and closed in 1931.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Beechwood ...
We found 40 communities that share the name Beechwood.
There are three communities within West Virginia that are also named Beechwood.
Beyond West Virginia, we know of another 37 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 37 communities, 38 are located in the United States and five are in Canada.
- Communities Located In West Virginia ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Newton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Beechwood [Newton County].
- Florida
- Duval County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Beechwood [Duval County].
- Georgia
- Taylor County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Beechwood [Taylor County].
- Indiana
- Crawford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Beechwood [Crawford County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Owen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Beechwood [Owen County].
- Louisiana
- East Baton Rouge Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Beechwood [East Baton Rouge Parish].
- Maryland
- Talbot County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Beechwood [Talbot County].
- Massachusetts
- Norfolk County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Beechwood [Norfolk County].
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- Douglas County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Beechwood [Douglas County].
- New Brunswick
- Please visit our profile page for the New Brunswick community of Beechwood.
- New York
- Ohio
- Clermont County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beechwood [Clermont County].
- Hamilton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beechwood [Hamilton County].
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beechwood [Jefferson County].
- Preble County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beechwood [Preble County].
- Stark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Beechwood [Stark County].
- Ontario
- Please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Beechwood.
- Pennsylvania
- Cameron County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beechwood [Cameron County].
- Delaware County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beechwood [Delaware County].
- McKean County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Beechwood [McKean County].
- South Carolina
- Greenwood County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Beechwood [Greenwood County].
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Mecklenburg County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beechwood [Mecklenburg County].
- Newport News City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beechwood [Newport News City].
- Prince George County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beechwood [Prince George County].
- Virginia Beach City
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beechwood [Virginia Beach City].
- Wise County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Beechwood [Wise County].
- Wisconsin
- Sheboygan County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Beechwood [Sheboygan County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Beechwood ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Beechwood:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Beechwood - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of West Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
The FIPS database contains an entry for Beechwood.
Referenced FIPS Records ...
FIPS Code: 54/05620 (Place Name: Beechwood)
County: Monongalia (FIPS State/County: 54/061)
Class: X2
More Orphans in Monongalia County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Monongalia County.
| Andy | Laurel Iron Works |
| Lemley | |
| Barclay | Low Gap |
| Brady | |
| Mona | |
| Center | |
| Charlotte | Saint Lee |
| Shriver | |
| Duke | Statler Run |
| Flickersville | Uneva |
| Guston | Vanvoorhis |
| Iron Bridge | White Day |
| Wise |
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Beechwood could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |