Beaver Creek, Ashe County, North Carolina Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. . Retrieved on 2008-04-16.
  2. Web site: Beaver Creek North NC . ZIP Code Lookup . 2008-06-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615070323/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&ac=ac&zip=Beaver+Creek+NC&Go=Go . 2011-06-15 .