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

19th century

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• 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
  • Chamber of Commerce founded. ^[8]
  • YMCA built. ^[3]
• 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.
• 1927
  • "30-foot ship canal" dug. ^[1]
  • Jefferson Theatre in business. ^[10]
• 1930
  • "32-foot channel" dug for ships. ^[1]
  • Beaumont Little Theater built. ^[1]
  • Population: 57,732. ^[6]
• 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. ^[12]
• 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. ^[13]
• 1950 – Population: 94,014. ^[6]
• 1955 – KFDM-TV ( television) begins broadcasting. ^[14]
• 1961 – KBMT-TV ( television) begins broadcasting. ^[14]
• 1966 – Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont established. ^[15]
• 1967 – Beaumont Heritage Society formed. ^{[16] [2]}
• 1983 – McFaddin–Ward House museum established. ^[16]
• 1987 – Texas Energy Museum established. ^[16]
• 1991 – Southeast Texas Food Bank established. ^[17]
• 1998 – City website online (approximate date). ^{[18] [19]}

21st century

• 2007 – Becky Ames becomes mayor. ^[20]
• 2010 – Population: city 118,296; ^[21] megaregion 19,728,244. ^[22]
• 2013 – Randy Weber becomes U.S. representative for Texas's 14th congressional district. ^[23]

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

External videos
1920s Beaumont by Solomon Sir Jones

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beaumont, Texas.

• "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)