Beulah is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in the northeast corner of
Lee County, Alabama
Lee County is a County (United States), county located in east central Alabama. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 174,241. The county seat is Opelika, Alabama, Opelika, and the largest city is Auburn, Alabama, ...
, United States, just south of
Valley
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. It is part of the
Columbus, Georgia-Alabama Metropolitan Area. It is bounded by
Chambers County Chambers County is the name of two counties in the United States:
* Chambers County, Alabama
* Chambers County, Texas
Chambers County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 46,571. The county seat is ...
on the north, the
Chattahoochee River
The Chattahoochee River forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida - Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a relatively short river formed by the confluence of the Chatta ...
on the east, and the Halawaka Embayment of
Lake Harding
Lake Harding, also known as ''Bartlett's Ferry Lake,'' is a reservoir on the Chattahoochee River.
The lake is formed by Bartlett's Ferry Dam, and the lake is located in Harris County, Georgia with some portions of the lake going into Alabama. L ...
on the south.
History
Beulah is named after Beulah Baptist Church, which was organized in 1851. A post office operated under the name Beulah from 1856 to 1906.
Photo gallery
File:Beulah Alabama Beulah High School Sign.JPG, Beulah High School Sign with Beulah Elementary visible in the background
File:Beulah Alabama Beulah High School.JPG, Beulah High School
File:Beulah Alabama Beulah Elementary.JPG, Beulah Elementary School
File:Franklin Yarbrough Jr Store Beulah Alabama.JPG, 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
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on June 29, 1989.
References
Further reading
*Nunn, Alexander (Ed.) (1983). ''Lee County and Her Forebears''. Montgomery, Ala., Herff Jones. LCCCN 83-081693
Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Alabama
Columbus metropolitan area, Georgia
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