Beulah, Missouri

Beulah is an unincorporated community in southern Phelps County, Missouri.[1] It is located at the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest about nine miles north of Licking in adjacent Texas County. The community is on Missouri Route K three miles west of U.S. Route 63.[2]

A post office called Beulah was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1995.[3] An early postmaster gave the community the name of his daughter.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beulah, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

Coordinates: 37°37′26″N 91°55′01″W / 37.624°N 91.917°W / 37.624; -91.917


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