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History · Beverly

1 of Beverly’s places is on the National Register

Its Register listing is the Beverly Railroad Bridge. Below: maps from 1912 on.

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0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Beverly’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 Beverly are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19123 editions of the USGS map, 1912 to 1965. Watch Beverly change.
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Beverly on the map, 1912 to 1965

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

Beverly on the 1912 USGS mapBeverly on the 1954 USGS mapBeverly on the 1965 USGS map1912Beverly 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 Beverly.

The story

How Beverly came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Beverly.

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Beverly was named around 1905 by H.R. Williams, after Beverly, Massachusetts.

Beverly played host to hundreds of railroad workers from 1905-1920s when the Milwaukee Railroad was being built. The Milwaukee constructed the million-dollar Beverly Railroad Bridge across the Columbia just north of Beverly, which was completed in 1909. Supplies to build the bridge were shipped via steamboat from points upstream, and were hauled in on other rail lines. The bridge took nearly two years to complete.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Beverly, decade by decade

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Milwaukee Road Bridge2006Milwaukee Road Bridge
On the National Register

1 historic place in Beverly

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

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1982
Beverly Railroad Bridge
Structures
Beverly Railroad BridgeStructure

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

Questions about Beverly’s history

What is on the National Register in Beverly?

One place: the Beverly Railroad Bridge (listed 1982).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps 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.