Beaverdale

About Beaverdale

The Beaverdale neighborhood is one of the largest of the 51 recognized neighborhood associations in the city of Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States. It extends from Forest Avenue at its southernmost border to the city limits at its northern border.

Once considered the rural, western edge of nineteenth century Des Moines, what is now Beaverdale consisted of large land tracts devoted to fruit orchards and truck farms. Early traffic crossed the area on an unpaved stagecoach highway known, since before the Civil War, as the Fort Dodge Stage Road. The road was renamed Beaver Avenue in 1903 and was later improved in 1917 with brick paving. The entire northwest section of Des Moines was commonly known as "Urbandale" until 1917, when the name was formally adopted by an adjacent suburban village. Soon afterwards, city residents from the area met and selected "Beaverdale" as the name to identify their neighborhood.

Most of the subdivisions were developed in the period between 1920 and 1940, when cars were becoming an essential part of every household. A major phase of construction occurred after the economic depression of the 1930s. Federal mortgage financing was created to encourage home buying. The local developers followed a variety of traditional home designs and they incorporated the latest trends in electrical conveniences into their plans. It was during this time, in 1938, that the fashionable "Beaverdale Brick" homes, built by local contractor E.T. McMurray, appeared. For the most part, the subdivisions were laid out in basic grid patterns, a convenient standard throughout Midwestern urban development. Two exceptions, Maryland Park and Ashby Manor, are notable for their winding drives and their early attention to design elements that create distinctive and attractive home settings.

In 2017, the neighborhood celebrated its centennial, marking 100 years of existence. A 116-foot-long Beaverdale mural was painted on the north wall of Uptempo Music, 2714 Beaver Ave.

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Living in Beaverdale

Median household income

$57,357

Median home value

$170,900

Median age

48.1

Map of Beaverdale

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Beaverdale, IA population

Beaverdale had 880 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Beaverdale at a glance

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Towns near Beaverdale

• West Burlington2.4 mi SE
• Middletown3.6 mi SW
• Burlington5.0 mi SE
• Danville6.0 mi W
• Gulfport, IL6.7 mi SE
• Oak Hills7.1 mi S
• Augusta7.4 mi SW
• Sperry8.0 mi N
• Wever10.1 mi S
• Carman, IL10.7 mi SE
• Denmark10.8 mi SW
• Mediapolis11.0 mi N

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