Beulah, Kansas

Beulah is an unincorporated community in Crawford County, Kansas, United States.

Beulah, Kansas
Unincorporated community
KDOT map of Crawford County (legend)
Beulah
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Coordinates: 37°26′25″N 94°49′42″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCrawford
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code620

History

Beulah was founded in 1874 by a colony of Methodists. The Methodist church was completed in 1881.[1] A post office was opened in Beulah on December 31, 1874, and remained in operation until it was discontinued on March 15, 1955.[2]

Beulah was a station on the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway.[3]

Notable people

College football coach and innovator Homer Woodson Hargiss went to Beulah High School before it closed.[4]

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References
  1. "William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas". Kansas Collection of Books. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. "Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 (archived)". Kansas Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 9, 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp. 178.
  4. "Bill Hargiss' youth, 1887". Hargiss family: The Life and Legacy of H. W. "Bill" Hargiss 1887-1978. Retrieved November 30, 2012.



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