Beverly is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Platte County, in the

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. It is within the

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. The community is located at the

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of Bee Creek with the

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Floodplain.

Missouri Route 92 Route 92 is a highway in Platte and Clay counties in northwestern Missouri, United States. Its western terminus is a continuation of K-92 on the Centennial Bridge over the Missouri River at the Kansas state line, and the eastern terminus is ...

and

Missouri Route 45 Route 45 is a highway in northwest Missouri, US in Buchanan County and Platte County which is largely in the bottom land alongside the Missouri River. Route description Its northern terminus is U.S. Route 59 just east of Atchison, Kansas wh ...

pass through the community. Platte City lies four miles to the east on Route 92. Weston Bend State Park is just to the north on Route 45.

History

A variant name was "Beverly Station". A post office called Beverly Station was established in 1874, the name was changed to Beverly in 1946, and the post office closed in 1960. The community was named after one Mr. Beverly, a railroad employee.

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