Sign for the "Beahm’s Gap Overlook" along Shenandoah National Park's Skyline Drive.

Beahm, Virginia is an extinct unincorporated community in Page County, Virginia.[1][2][3]

The Beahm community included homesteads, farms, cemeteries, a mill, and an outpost in the mountains of the Shenandoah Valley.[4][5][6] The community was serviced by the Washington, Cincinnati, and Saint Louis Railroad.[7] The community was named for the Beahm family who were prominent farmers and landowners in Page County.[8][9]

The community became part of Shenandoah National Park during the Great Depression,[10][11] and part of the area is now referred to as "Beahm's Gap Overlook" in Thornton Gap.[12][7][13][14] Beahm Lane in Page County is named for the area.[15]

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References

  1. ↑ Shenandoah National Park (N.P.), Facility Development Plan: Environmental Impact Statement. 1997.
  2. ↑ "Virginia's Ghost Towns". sites.rootsweb.com. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. ↑ Wayland, John Walter (1927). A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia. Shenandoah Publishing House.
  4. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1904). The Gazetteer of Virginia. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  5. ↑ Eicher, David J. (2005-03-14). Civil War Battlefields: A Touring Guide. Taylor Trade Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4616-6178-8.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Elisabeth Branch (1981). Rappahannock County, Virginia, a History: Fact, Fiction, Foolishness, and the Fairfax Story. Walsworth Publishing Company.
  7. 1 2 Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session. 1875.
  8. ↑ Campbell, Judith A. (2004). The Beahm Family of Page County, Virginia. J.A. Campbell.
  9. ↑ Campbell, Judith A. (1994). The Beahm Family. J.A. Campbell.
  10. ↑ Holsinger, John R. (1975). Descriptions of Virginia Caves. Virginia Division of Mineral Resources.
  11. ↑ Lambert, Darwin (1989). The Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-911797-57-2.
  12. ↑ "Beahms Gap Overlook (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  13. ↑ National Genealogical Society Quarterly. National Genealogical Society. 1992.
  14. ↑ Recreation (1976). National Park System: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Parks and Recreation of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate. U.S. Government Printing Office.
  15. ↑ http://www.virginiadot.org/info/resources/Traffic_2016/AADT_069_Page_2016.pdf VDOT Page County 2016 Traffic Counts

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