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Beulah, Kansas

Coordinates: 37°26′25″N 94°49′42″W / 37.44028°N 94.82833°W / 37.44028; -94.82833
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Beulah, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Crawford County (legend)
KDOT map of Crawford County (legend)
Beulah is located in Kansas
Beulah
Beulah
Beulah is located in the United States
Beulah
Beulah
Coordinates: 37°26′25″N 94°49′42″W / 37.44028°N 94.82833°W / 37.44028; -94.82833[1]
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCrawford
Founded1874
Elevation
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974 ft (297 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620
FIPS code20-06475
GNIS ID469727[1]

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

History

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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

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See also: List of books about Crawford County, Kansas
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