Beulah, Kansas

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Beulah, Kansas
KDOT map of Crawford County (legend)
KDOT map of Crawford County (legend)
Beulah is located in Kansas
Beulah
Beulah
Coordinates: 37°26′25″N 94°49′42″W / 37.44028°N 94.82833°W / 37.44028; -94.82833Coordinates: 37°26′25″N 94°49′42″W / 37.44028°N 94.82833°W / 37.44028; -94.82833
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCrawford
Founded1874
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620

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.[1] A post office was opened in Beulah on December 31, 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on March 15, 1955.[2]

Beulah was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.[3]

Notable people[]

College football coach and innovator Homer Woodson Hargiss went to Beulah High School before it closed.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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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