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History · Beallsville

Beallsville’s post office opened in 1825, and 36% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: 1 old photo or paper, maps from 1905 on, and the census since 1830.

1825first post office
0on the National Register
36%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
4famous people
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From Beallsville’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Beallsville began

When was Beallsville founded?

1825

The Beallsville post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 50 in 18302020 census: 355201 years
Founding year: the first Beallsville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Beallsville’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 601 in 1980; 355 people lived here in 2020.On the map since 19055 editions of the USGS map, 1905 to 2002. Watch Beallsville change.Deep rootsA post office since 1825: 201 years of Beallsville.
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Start Beallsville’s collection

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

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewM.E. Church, Belmont, Ohio: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
People over time

Beallsville, census by census

01002003004005006001850190019502000Peak: 601

Peaked at 601 in 1980; 355 people lived here in 2020.

19 censuses, 1830–2020.

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

On the map

Beallsville on the map, 1905 to 2002

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

Beallsville on the 1905 USGS mapBeallsville on the 1961 USGS mapBeallsville on the 1975 USGS mapBeallsville on the 1994 USGS mapBeallsville on the 2002 USGS map1905Woodsfield sheet · 1:62,500

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

The story

How Beallsville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Beallsville.

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During the period of active American participation in the Vietnam War in the 1960s, Beallsville gained brief notoriety for the loss of five of its citizens in the conflict — a traumatic rate of loss for the village of fewer than 500 residents that was estimated at 75 times the national average. The plight of the community drew wire service coverage and was the subject of a lengthy illustrated spread in the glossy left-wing magazine Ramparts. Moved by the magnitude of the loss, Congressman Clarence Miller made a formal request to Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and President Richard Nixon to withdraw the village's other six servicemen from combat, which was denied.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Beallsville, 1825 to 1980

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1825Post officeThe Beallsville post office opens
  3. 1844Born hereLeroy Welsh is born here
  4. 1846Born hereMerriman Colbert Harris is born here
  5. 1854Born hereWilliam A. Williams is born here
  6. 1855Born hereWilliam Crittenden Mooney is born here
  7. 20th century
  8. 1905On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  9. 1908In the archiveM.E. Church, Belmont, Ohio
  10. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 601
By decade

Beallsville, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1900s1 item
M.E. Church, Belmont, Ohio1908M.E. Church, Belmont, Ohio
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album
Today4 recent
Beallsville post office 437162016Beallsville post office 43716Ohio Avenue, western2015Ohio Avenue, westernMap of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Beallsville Village2015Map of Monroe County Ohio Highlighting Beallsville Vi…MapOHMap-doton-Beallsville2004OHMap-doton-Beallsville
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

M.E. Church, Belmont, Ohio
Retake this viewM.E. Church, Belmont, Ohio, 1908

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Beallsville’s page.

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Famous people

4 famous people were born in Beallsville

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

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William Crittenden MooneyAmerican politician, Ohio · b. 1855
Merriman Colbert HarrisAmerican Christian missionary to Japan · b. 1846
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Leroy WelshAmerican politician in Ohio · b. 1844
William A. WilliamsAmerican Presbyterian clergyman and creationist… · b. 1854

Questions about Beallsville’s history

What year was Beallsville founded?

The Beallsville post office opened in 1825, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (5), Wikipedia, 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.