Beulah, Alabama Explained

Beulah, Alabama
Pushpin Map:Alabama#USA
Pushpin Label:Beulah
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:Counties
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Name1:Alabama
Subdivision Name2:Lee
Area Total Sq Mi:70.3
Elevation Ft:699
Population As Of:July 2007
Population Total:6,173
Population Density Sq Mi:88
Timezone:CST
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:114173
Coordinates:32.7111°N -85.1822°W

Beulah is an unincorporated community in the northeast corner of Lee County, Alabama, United States, just south of Valley. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area. It is bounded by Chambers County on the north, the Chattahoochee River on the east, and the Halawaka Embayment of Lake Harding on the south.

History

Beulah is named after Beulah Baptist Church, which was organized in 1851.[1] A post office operated under the name Beulah from 1856 to 1906.[2]

References

  1. Book: Foscue, Virginia. Place Names in Alabama. 1989. The University of Alabama Press. 0-8173-0410-X. Tuscaloosa. 16.
  2. Web site: Lee County . Jim Forte Postal History . January 1, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150102081707/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=AL&county=Lee . January 2, 2015 .

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