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History · Beech Mountain Lakes

Half of Beech Mountain Lakes’ homes were built after 1998

Most of Beech Mountain Lakes was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1998. Below: maps from 1891 on.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beech Mountain Lakes’ 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 Beech Mountain Lakes are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18916 editions of the USGS map, 1891 to 1999. Watch Beech Mountain Lakes change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beech Mountain Lakes’s history is told.

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On the map

Beech Mountain Lakes on the map, 1891 to 1999

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

Beech Mountain Lakes on the 1891 USGS mapBeech Mountain Lakes on the 1950 USGS mapBeech Mountain Lakes on the 1969 USGS mapBeech Mountain Lakes on the 1976 USGS mapBeech Mountain Lakes on the 1984 USGS mapBeech Mountain Lakes on the 1999 USGS map1891Wilkes-Barre 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 Beech Mountain Lakes.

The story so far

Beech Mountain Lakes, in brief

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

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,022 to 2,157 (+7%).

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.