Timeline of Beaumont, Texas

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Beaumont, Texas, USA.

19th century

• 1838 – Beaumont site designated seat of Jefferson County.
• 1845 – John Jay French house (residence) built.
• 1872 – First Baptist Church established.
• 1876 – Lumber mill in business (approximate date).
• 1880 – Beaumont Enterprise newspaper begins publication.
• 1881
• Beaumont Fire Company #1 organized.
• Aldermanic form of government adopted.
• 1889 – Beaumont Journal newspaper begins publication.
• 1890 – Population: 3,296.
• 1892 – Rice mill in business.
• 1900 – Population: 9,427.

20th century

• 1901
• January 10: Oil discovered at Spindletop.
• Texas Fuel Company (later Texaco) in business.
• Synagogue built.
• 1903
• Chamber of Commerce founded.
• YMCA built.
• 1907 – Beaumont Fair (later South Texas State Fair) begins.
• 1910 – Population: 20,640.
• 1913 – Port Arthur-Beaumont Interurban Railway begins operating.
• 1916 – River channel dug.
• 1917 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch organized.
• 1918 – Rio Theatre in business.
• 1919 – "City-manager and commission form of government" adopted.
• 1920 – Population: 40,422.
• 1923 – Tyrrell Public Library founded.
• 1924 – KFDM radio begins broadcasting.
• 1925
• November: More oil discovered at Spindletop.
• Gulf States Utilities Company in business.
• 1927
• "30-foot ship canal" dug.
• Jefferson Theatre in business.
• 1930
• "32-foot channel" dug for ships.
• Beaumont Little Theater built.
• Population: 57,732.
• 1932 – Jefferson County Courthouse built.
• 1936 – Beauxart Gardens housing for urban poor created near Beaumont (approximate date).
• 1943 – June: Beaumont race riot of 1943.
• 1943–1944 – Beaumont served as a stand-in for Paris, France for Royal Air Force airmen cadets flying on frequent training missions from their base in Terrell, Texas.
• 1950 – Population: 94,014.
• 1955 – KFDM-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1961 – KBMT-TV (television) begins broadcasting.
• 1966 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont established.
• 1967 – Beaumont Heritage Society formed.
• 1983 – McFaddin–Ward House museum established.
• 1987 – Texas Energy Museum established.
• 1991 – Southeast Texas Food Bank established.
• 1998 – City website online (approximate date).

21st century

• 2007 – Becky Ames becomes mayor.
• 2010 – Population: city 118,296; megaregion 19,728,244.
• 2013 – Randy Weber becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 14th congressional district.

See also

• Beaumont history
• List of mayors of Beaumont, Texas
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Texas
• Timelines of other cities in the Southeast Texas area of Texas: Austin, Houston, Pasadena

References

Bibliography

• circa 1926?
• Paul E. Isaac. "Municipal Reform in Beaumont, Texas, 1902–1909." Southwestern Historical Quarterly 78, 1975

External links

• Items related to Beaumont, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)