Beech, Iowa
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Beech, Iowa
|settlement_type = unincorporated community
|motto =
|image_skyline = BeechIowaPark.jpg
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Beech community park
|image_map =
|mapsize = 250x200px
|map_caption = Location of Beech, Iowa
|pushpin_map = Iowa
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = USA
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Iowa
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Warren County
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1911
|population_as_of =
|population_footnotes =
|population_total =
|population_density_km2 =
|population_density_sq_mi =
|timezone = Central (CST)
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
|elevation_ft = 909
|coordinates = {{coord|41|22|29|N|93|21|12|W|type:city_region:US-IA_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}
|postal_code_type =
|postal_code =
|area_code =
|blank_name =
|blank_info =
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 454480{{GNIS|454480}}
|footnotes =
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}
History
Founded in 1911 as a railroad town, Beech was originally known as New Sandyville, but the residents of nearby Sandyville objected to the name.[http://iagenweb.org/warren/history/communities.html Warren County, Iowa]. Iowa GenWeb Project. Accessed 2011-05-15 The town was renamed Beech in honor of a railroad employee.Savage, Tom (2007). A Dictionary of Iowa Place-Names, p. 36. University Of Iowa Press. {{ISBN|1-58729-531-8}}.
The population was 133 in 1940.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=293 |language=en}}
Education
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Portal|Iowa}}
{{Warren County, Iowa}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Unincorporated communities in Warren County, Iowa
Category:Populated places established in 1911