Beaver Creek, North Carolina | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | North Carolina#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaver Creek in North Carolina |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ashe |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 3041 |
Coordinates: | 36.3781°N -81.4981°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 28694[2] |
Area Code: | 336 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 37-37009 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1019027 |
Beaver Creek is an unincorporated community in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States, located off U.S. Route 221, south of West Jefferson.
The Virginia-Carolina Railway once had service through this area. The Virginia–Carolina Railway was an interstate railroad in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina. It ran from Abingdon in Washington County, Virginia to Todd in Ashe County. The line charted a complicated course through the mountains of the area, crossing the Blue Ridge near Mount Rogers.