Beech, Iowa

Beech, Iowa
unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Warren County
Founded	1911
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

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]

History

Founded in 1911^[2] as a railroad town, Beech was originally known as New Sandyville, but the residents of nearby Sandyville objected to the name.^[3] The town was renamed Beech in honor of a railroad employee.^[2]

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
1 2 Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 36. University Of Iowa Press. ISBN 1-58729-531-8.
↑ Warren County, Iowa. Iowa GenWeb Project. Accessed 2011-05-15

Municipalities and communities of Warren County, Iowa, United States

County seat: Indianola

Cities	Ackworth Bevington‡ Carlisle‡ Cumming Des Moines‡ Hartford Indianola Lacona Martensdale Milo New Virginia Norwalk‡ Sandyville Spring Hill St. Marys West Des Moines‡

Townships	Allen Belmont Greenfield Jackson Jefferson Liberty Lincoln Linn Otter Palmyra Richland Squaw Union Virginia White Breast White Oak

Unincorporated communities	Beech Churchville Liberty Center Prole

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°22′29″N 93°21′08″W / 41.37472°N 93.35222°W / 41.37472; -93.35222

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