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Unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas

Unincorporated community in Kansas, United States
Beulah, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°26′25″N 94°49′42″W / 37.44028°N 94.82833°W / 37.44028; -94.82833
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCrawford
Founded1874
Elevation974 ft (297 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-06475
GNIS ID469727

Beulah is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.

History

Beulah was founded in 1874 by a colony of Methodists. The Methodist church was completed in 1881. A post office was opened in Beulah on December 31, 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on March 15, 1955.

Beulah was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.

Notable people

College football coach and innovator Homer Woodson Hargiss went to Beulah High School before it closed.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beulah, Kansas
  2. "William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas". Kansas Collection of Books. Archived from the original on February 12, 2003. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  3. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  4. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 178.
  5. "Bill Hargiss' youth, 1887". Hargiss family: The Life and Legacy of H. W. "Bill" Hargiss 1887-1978. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

Further reading

See also: List of books about Crawford County, Kansas

External links

Municipalities and communities of Crawford County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Girard
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Footnotes‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.


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