Timeline of Beaumont, Texas
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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.[1]
- 1845 – John Jay French house (residence) built.[2]
- 1872 – First Baptist Church established.[3]
- 1876 – Lumber mill in business (approximate date).[1]
- 1880 – Beaumont Enterprise newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1881
- Beaumont Fire Company #1 organized.[5]
- Aldermanic form of government adopted.[1]
- 1889 – Beaumont Journal newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1890 – Population: 3,296.[6]
- 1892 – Rice mill in business.[1]
- 1900 – Population: 9,427.[6]
20th century
- 1901
- January 10: Oil discovered at Spindletop.[1]
- Texas Fuel Company (later Texaco) in business.
- Synagogue built.[7]
- 1903
- 1907 – Beaumont Fair (later South Texas State Fair) begins.
- 1910 – Population: 20,640.[6]
- 1913 – Port Arthur-Beaumont Interurban Railway begins operating.[3]
- 1916 – River channel dug.[1]
- 1917 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People branch organized.[9]
- 1918 – Rio Theatre in business.[10]
- 1919 – "City-manager and commission form of government" adopted.[1]
- 1920 – Population: 40,422.[6]
- 1923 – Tyrrell Public Library founded.[8]
- 1924 – KFDM radio begins broadcasting.[11]
- 1925
- November: More oil discovered at Spindletop.[1]
- Gulf States Utilities Company in business.[12]
- 1927
- "30-foot ship canal" dug.[1]
- Jefferson Theatre in business.[10]
- 1930
- 1932 – Jefferson County Courthouse built.[1]
- 1936 – Beauxart Gardens housing for urban poor created near Beaumont (approximate date).
- 1943 – June: Beaumont race riot of 1943.[13]
- 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.[14]
- 1950 – Population: 94,014.[6]
- 1955 – KFDM-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1961 – KBMT-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[15]
- 1966 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont established.[16]
- 1967 – Beaumont Heritage Society formed.[17][2]
- 1983 – McFaddin–Ward House museum established.[17]
- 1987 – Texas Energy Museum established.[17]
- 1991 – Southeast Texas Food Bank established.[18]
- 1998 – City website online (approximate date).[19][20]
21st century
- 2007 – Becky Ames becomes mayor.[21]
- 2010 – Population: city 118,296;[22] megaregion 19,728,244.[23]
- 2013 – Randy Weber becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 14th congressional district.[24]
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
