Beulah, Alabama

Beulah, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°42′40″N 85°10′56″W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Counties	Lee
Area
• Total	70.3 sq mi (182 km^2)
Elevation [1]	699 ft (213 m)
Population  (July 2007)
• Total	6,173
• Density	88/sq mi (34/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	114173[1]

Beulah /ˈbjuːlə/ 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.^[2] A post office operated under the name Beulah from 1856 to 1906.^[3]

Photo gallery

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  Beulah High School Sign with Beulah Elementary visible in the background
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  Beulah High School
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  Beulah Elementary School
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  The Franklin Yarbrough, Jr. Store, also known as The Roger Brown Memorial Rock House Museum, is located in Beulah. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1989.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beulah, Alabama
2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
3. "Lee County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2015.

Further reading

• Nunn, Alexander (Ed.) (1983). Lee County and Her Forebears. Montgomery, Ala., Herff Jones. LCCCN 83-081693