Official Name: | Beech, Iowa |
Settlement Type: | unincorporated community |
Mapsize: | 250x200px |
Pushpin Map: | Iowa |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Warren County |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1911 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 41.3747°N -93.3522°W |
Beech is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States. It is located just north of the intersection of County Road S31 and Highway 92. It is 1 mile east of Sandyville and five miles west of Pleasantville, at 41.3745865N -93.3573103W.[1]
Founded in 1911 as a railroad town, Beech was originally known as New Sandyville, but the residents of nearby Sandyville objected to the name.[2] The town was renamed Beech in honor of a railroad employee.[3]
The population was 133 in 1940.[4]
The Pleasantville Community School District operates local public schools.[5]