Beulah, Missouri

Beulah is an unincorporated community in southern Phelps County, Missouri, United States.[1] It is located at the edge of the Mark Twain National Forest, approximately nine miles north of Licking in adjacent Texas County. The community is on Missouri Route K, three miles west of U.S. Route 63.[2]

A post office called Beulah was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1995.[3] An early postmaster gave the community the name of his daughter.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beulah, Missouri
  2. Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 54, ISBN 0-89933-224-2
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. "Phelps County Place Names, 1928–1945". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.


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