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Beatrice’s post office opened in 1900, and 1 of its places is on the National Register

Most of Beatrice was built recently: 6% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Its Register listing is the Robbins Hotel. Below: maps from 1967 on and the census since 1910.

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Quick answers

How Beatrice began

When was Beatrice founded?

1900

The Beatrice post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 345 in 19102020 census: 204126 years
Founding year: the first Beatrice post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Beatrice’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Beatrice are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 558 in 1980; 204 people lived here in 2020.
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Start Beatrice’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beatrice’s history is told.

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People over time

Beatrice, census by census

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Peaked at 558 in 1980; 204 people lived here in 2020.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Beatrice’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Beatrice, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beatrice yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Beatrice is a town in Monroe County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1901. At the 2020 census the population was 204, down from 301 in 2010 and 412 in 2000.

Its first post office opened in 1900. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 301 to 204 (-32%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Beatrice, 1900 to 1980

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1900Post officeThe Beatrice post office opens
  3. 1902Born hereJohn Dolphin is born here
  4. 1928Born hereButch Avinger is born here
  5. 1942Born hereThad McClammy is born here
  6. 1967On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 558
By decade

Beatrice, decade by decade

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On the map

Beatrice on the map, 1967 to 1971

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beatrice. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Beatrice on the 1967 USGS mapBeatrice on the 1971 USGS map1967Beatrice sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Beatrice.

On the National Register

1 historic place in Beatrice

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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historic buildings protected
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each building in a district counts
first listed
1987
Robbins Hotel
Robbins Hotel
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Robbins HotelBuilding

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

3 famous people were born in Beatrice

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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John DolphinAmerican businessman, independent record label … · b. 1902
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Thad McClammyAmerican politician · b. 1942
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Butch AvingerAmerican football player · b. 1928

Questions about Beatrice’s history

What year was Beatrice founded?

The Beatrice post office opened in 1900, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Beatrice?

One place: the Robbins Hotel (listed 1987).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (18), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.