Main city: Beaufort
Timezone: Central
Phone type: Landline
Operator: Level 3 Communications

Beaufort, an unincorporated community in western Franklin County, Missouri, United States. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Route 185 about eleven miles west of Union. The community was founded in 1849, and is named after Beaufort, South Carolina. The small community boasts a small gun shop, Kevin's Gun Service, two gas stations,Voss's and DJ's (Voss's is also a grocery store), a feed store Beaufort Ag. Supply, and Honald Hardware Store. There is also a small post office,bank, and barbecue (The Pit). The town consists of many houses and has a lot of farming in the community. ^source

Area code 573 serves most of the eastern half of Missouri outside the immediate St. Louis area. It extends across nearly the entire width of the state, with the state's northeast corner as the northeastern tip, the Lake of the Ozarks at the western tip and Doniphan as the southwestern tip. It also serves all of southeastern Missouri (including the Missouri Bootheel area) and areas adjacent to the Mississippi River. It was created on January 7, 1996 as a split from area code 314. ^source