Beeville, Texas

Beeville, Texas
Historic downtown Beeville showing the Rialto Theater
Historic downtown Beeville showing the Rialto Theater
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Coordinates: 28°24′20″N 97°45′3″W / 28.40556°N 97.75083°W / 28.40556; -97.75083
Country United States
State Texas
CountyBee
Settled1859
Incorporated1890
Government
 • MayorBrian Watson
 • Mayor Pro TemMichael Willow II
Area
 • Total6.38 sq mi (16.52 km2)
 • Land6.38 sq mi (16.52 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation210 ft (60 m)
Population
 • Total13,669
 • Estimate 
(2021)[4]
13,641
 • Density2,006.12/sq mi (774.58/km2)
 • Demonym
Beevillian
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
78102, 78104
Area code361
FIPS code48-07192[5]
GNIS feature ID1330346[2]
Websitehttp://www.beevilletx.org/

Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas.[6] It is the county seat of Bee County[7] and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Many of the stately homes, commercial buildings, and schools in the area, including the Bee County Courthouse, were designed by architect William Charles Stephenson, who came to Beeville in 1908 from Buffalo, New York. Beeville is a national Main Street city. Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore, and his son Lincoln, lived in the city during the time Rushmore was being sculpted.[8]

  1. ^ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beeville, Texas
  3. ^ "Quick Fackts: Beeville city, Texas". United States Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". United States Census Bureau. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  6. ^ "Beeville, Texas Population 2023".
  7. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on July 4, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  8. ^ "About". City of Beeville Mainstreet.