Beulah, Kansas

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Beulah, Kansas
Unincorporated community
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Beulah
Coordinates: 37°26′25″N94°49′42″W / 37.44028°N 94.82833°W / 37.44028; -94.82833 [1]
Country United States
State Kansas
County Crawford
Founded1874
Elevation
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974 ft (297 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code 620
FIPS code 20-06475
GNIS ID 469727 [1]

Beulah is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Beulah was founded in 1874 by a colony of Methodists. The Methodist church was completed in 1881. [2] A post office was opened in Beulah on December 31, 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on March 15, 1955. [3]

Beulah was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway. [4]

Notable people

College football coach and innovator Homer Woodson Hargiss went to Beulah High School before it closed. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.

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