• Source: 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




      External links



      "United States – Texas – Jefferson County – Beaumont". Portal to Texas History. Denton: University of North Texas Libraries. 20 July 2023.
      "Historical Maps of Texas Cities: Beaumont". Perry–Castañeda Library Map Collection. University of Texas at Austin.
      "Beaumont". Texas Archive of the Moving Image. Austin, TX.
      Items related to Beaumont, Texas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)

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