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Beaumont is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Texas

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, United States. As of 2000, the population was 252,051. Its county seat is Beaumont, Texas, and it is named for the former President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County, Texas within the Beaumont, Texas–Port Arthur Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S....
 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area

The Beaumont?Port Arthur Metropolitan Area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas, east of the Greater Houston metropolitan area....
. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 113,866. With Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County, Texas within the Beaumont, Texas–Port Arthur Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S....
 and Orange
Orange, Texas

Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, Texas, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 18,643. It is the county seat of Orange County, Texas, and is the easternmost city in Texas....
, it forms the Golden Triangle
Golden Triangle (Texas)

The Golden Triangle is an area of Southeast Texas between the cities of Beaumont, Texas, Port Arthur, Texas, and Orange, Texas. The "golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike in Beaumont in 1901, and more recently from the many gas flares that are located at all of the local oil refineries, which creates a rough tr...
, a major industrial area on the Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States....
.

Lamar University
Lamar University

Lamar University is a four-year university located in Beaumont, Texas, Texas, United States, and a member of The Texas State University System....
 is based in Beaumont. The city's daily newspaper is The Beaumont Enterprise, while The Examiner
The Examiner (Beaumont)

The Examiner Newspaper is an investigative weekly newspaper created in 1995 by The Examiner Corporation based in Beaumont, Texas. The newspaper's staff has been awarded numerous local, state and national awards for its in-depth coverage of news events in Southeast Texas....
 is published weekly.

Gulf States Utilities
Gulf States Utilities

Gulf States Utilities was an electric power generation and distribution company headquartered in Beaumont, Texas. The company was founded in 1911 as Eastern Texas Electric, a holding company for Stone & Webster....
 had its headquarters in Beaumont until its absorption by Entergy Corporation in 1993.






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Beaumont is a city in and the county seat
County seat

A county seat or parish seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there....
 of Jefferson County
Jefferson County, Texas

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, United States. As of 2000, the population was 252,051. Its county seat is Beaumont, Texas, and it is named for the former President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County, Texas within the Beaumont, Texas–Port Arthur Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S....
 Metropolitan Statistical Area
Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area

The Beaumont?Port Arthur Metropolitan Area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as a three-county region in Southeast Texas, east of the Greater Houston metropolitan area....
. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 113,866. With Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County, Texas within the Beaumont, Texas–Port Arthur Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S....
 and Orange
Orange, Texas

Orange is a city in Orange County, Texas, Texas, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city population was 18,643. It is the county seat of Orange County, Texas, and is the easternmost city in Texas....
, it forms the Golden Triangle
Golden Triangle (Texas)

The Golden Triangle is an area of Southeast Texas between the cities of Beaumont, Texas, Port Arthur, Texas, and Orange, Texas. The "golden" refers to the wealth that came from the Spindletop oil strike in Beaumont in 1901, and more recently from the many gas flares that are located at all of the local oil refineries, which creates a rough tr...
, a major industrial area on the Gulf Coast
Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast region of the United States comprises the coasts of states which border the Gulf of Mexico. The states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida are known as the Gulf States....
.

Lamar University
Lamar University

Lamar University is a four-year university located in Beaumont, Texas, Texas, United States, and a member of The Texas State University System....
 is based in Beaumont. The city's daily newspaper is The Beaumont Enterprise, while The Examiner
The Examiner (Beaumont)

The Examiner Newspaper is an investigative weekly newspaper created in 1995 by The Examiner Corporation based in Beaumont, Texas. The newspaper's staff has been awarded numerous local, state and national awards for its in-depth coverage of news events in Southeast Texas....
 is published weekly.

Gulf States Utilities
Gulf States Utilities

Gulf States Utilities was an electric power generation and distribution company headquartered in Beaumont, Texas. The company was founded in 1911 as Eastern Texas Electric, a holding company for Stone & Webster....
 had its headquarters in Beaumont until its absorption by Entergy Corporation in 1993. GSU's Edison Plaza headquarters is still the tallest building in Beaumont (as of 2007). Since 1907, Beaumont has been home of the South Texas State Fair
South Texas State Fair

The South Texas State Fair is an annual regional state fair held in Beaumont, Texas in October. The fair features a livestock show, a commercial trade_fair, and a carnival Midway ....
. In 2004, the venue for the Fair changed to Ford Park
Ford Park

Not to be confused with Ford Park on Cross Lake in Shreveport, LouisianaFord Park is a multi-purpose Park, Arena, Exhibit Hall, Pavilion , Midway , and Field....
, a new, larger facility on the west end of Beaumont.

History

The city of Beaumont was named by Henry Millard
Henry Millard

Henry Millard was an United States businessman, military officer, and public servant. He founded the city of Beaumont, Texas, in 1835 and fought in the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 during the Texas Revolution....
 for the family of his deceased wife, Natchez, Mississippi
Natchez, Mississippi

Natchez is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated city within Adams County, Mississippi, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 18,464....
, belle Mary Dewburleigh Barlace Warren Beaumont. Millard came to Texas in 1835 and, along with his business partners, purchased some land between the settlements of Tevis Bluff and Santa Anna. On this property, they founded the city of Beaumont.

Beaumont became a town on December 16, 1838. Joseph Perkins Pulsifer was a founding citizen of Beaumont. His firm, J.P. Pulsifer and Company, donated the first upon which the town was founded. Beaumont's first mayor was Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder (Beaumont, Texas)

Alexander Calder , a New York, became the first mayor of Beaumont, Texas, on August 8, 1840.On July 28, 1840, an election was held under the Incorporation Act, and on August 8, Beaumont's first elected officials were sworn into office....
.

Beaumont was a small center for cattle raisers and farmers in its early years, and with an active riverport by the late 1800s, it became an important lumber and rice-milling town. The Beaumont Rice Mill, founded in 1892 by Joseph Eloi Broussard
Joseph Eloi Broussard

Joseph Eloi Broussard converted a grist mill near Beaumont, Texas into the Beaumont Rice Mill, the first commercial rice mill in Texas. The Mill made rice, along with lumber and cattle, an important commodity to the early residents of Beaumont....
, was the first commercial rice mill in Texas. Beaumont's lumber boom, which reached its peak in the late 1800s, was due in large part to the rebuilding and expansion of the railroads after the Civil War
American Civil War

The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several Naming the American Civil War, was a civil war in the United States....
. By the early 1900s, the city was served by the Southern Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe, and Missouri Pacific railroad systems.

Oil
Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil is a naturally occurring, flammable liquid found in rock formations in the Earth consisting of a complex mixture of hydrocarbons of various molecular weights, plus other organic compounds....
 was discovered at nearby Spindletop
Spindletop

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in south Beaumont, Texas, Texas in the United States. On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil ....
 on January 10, 1901. Spindletop became the first major oil field
Oil field

An oil field is a region with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs typically extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, full exploitation entails multiple wells scattered across the area....
 and one of the largest in American history. With the discovery of oil at Spindletop
Spindletop

Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in south Beaumont, Texas, Texas in the United States. On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil ....
, Beaumont's population grew from 3,296 in 1890 to 9,427 in 1900. Oil is, and has always been, a major export of the city, and a major factor contributing to the national GDP.

A race riot
Race riot

A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil disorder in which Race is a key factor. The term had entered the English language in the United States by the 1890s....
 took place in Beaumont in June 1943 after a white woman said she had been rape
Rape

Rape, also referred to as sexual assault, is an assault by a person involving sexual intercourse with or sexual penetration of another person without that person's consent....
d by a black male.

In 1996, the Jefferson County courts, located in Beaumont, became the first court in the nation to implement electronic filing and service of court documents, eliminating the need for law firms to print and mail reams of documents.

In 2005 and 2008, Beaumont and surrounding areas suffered extensive damage from Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico....
 and Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike IPA] was the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. It was the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season....
. A mandatory evacuation was imposed upon its residents for about two weeks.

Politics and government

Beaumont is a council-manager
Council-manager government

The council-manager government is one of two main variations of Representative democracy Local government in the United States, and was first used in Sumter, South Carolina....
 form of government. Elections are held annually, with the Mayor and Council members each serving two-year terms. All powers of the City are vested in the Council, which enacts local legislation, adopts budgets, and determines policies. Council is also responsible for appointing the City Attorney, the City Clerk
City clerk

The municipal clerk, along with the tax collector, is the oldest of public servants. The office can be traced to biblical times and even before.St....
 and Magistrate
Magistrate

A magistrate is a judicial officer; in ancient Rome, the word magistratus denoted one of the highest government officers with judicial and executive powers....
s, and the City Manager
City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the Administration Management of a city, in a Council-manager government form of city government. Called the chief administrative officer in some municipalities....
. The city council is composed of two councilmembers-at-large, and four councilmembers representing four Wards of the city.
Position Name Elected to Current Position Areas Represented Council Districts
  Mayor Becky Ames 2007 - present Citywide
  At Large Position 1 W.L. Pate Jr. 2007 - present Citywide
  At Large Position 2 Gethrel "Get" Williams-Wright 2007 - present Citywide
  Ward 1 Dr. Alan Coleman 2007 - present North Beaumont
  Ward 2 Nancy Beaulieu 2003 - present West Beaumont
  Ward 3 Audwin M. Samuel 1984-1992, 1999-Present Central Beaumont
  Ward 4 Jamie D. Smith 2007 - present South Beaumont


Geography

Beaumont is on Texas' coastal plain, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
, and just south of the dense pine forests of East Texas
East Texas

East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the United States state of Texas.According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County, TX southwestward to east central Limestone County, TX and then south...
. The city is bordered on the east by the Neches River
Neches River

The Neches River flows for through east Texas to its mouth on Sabine Lake near the Rainbow Bridge . Two major reservoirs, Lake Palestine and Lake B....
 and to the north by Pine Island Bayou. Before being settled, the area was crisscrossed by numerous small streams. Most of these streams have since been filled in or converted for drainage purposes.

Beaumont is located at (30.079912, -94.126653).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data....
, the city has a total area of 85.9 square miles (222.6 km˛), of which, 85.0 square miles (220.2 km˛) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.4 km˛) of it (1.07%) is water.

Climate

The city of Beaumont, Texas is within the humid subtropical climate regime. This city is within the Piney Woods, which cover the eastern region of Texas, as well as adjacent Louisiana
Louisiana

The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
. This region of Texas receives the most rainfall in the state, with more than annually. This is due to the warm gulf waters that carry humid air to the region, where it condenses and precipitates. Hurricanes also strike the region, the most disastrous of which was the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Galveston Hurricane of 1900

The Hurricane of 1900 made Landfall on the city of Galveston, Texas, Texas on September 8, 1900. . ; .It had estimated winds of 135 miles per hour at landfall, making it a Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale#Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale....
 as well as Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike IPA] was the third most destructive hurricane to ever make landfall in the United States. It was the ninth named storm, fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season....
 in 2008. Hurricane Rita
Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico....
 was the largest and most damaging hurricane to hit Beaumont to date, striking September 24, 2005. Causing $11.3 billion in damage, it is the sixth most costly hurricane in United States history. The humidity of the region greatly amplifies the feeling of heat during the summer. The winters are kept moderate by warm gulf currents. Wintry precipitation is unusual, but does occur. A recent snow event was December 24, 2004, the first such occurrence since 1989. However, more recently, Beaumont and the surrounding areas received a light snow on December 11, 2008. Up to 3 inches in the west end. This is the earliest measurable snowfall at the airport since the late 1800s. It is also an all time record of snowfall for the area for the month of December. The area suffered a severe ice storm in January 1997.

Demographics

As of the census
Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population....
 of 2000, there were 113,866 people, 44,361 households, and 29,100 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans....
 was 1,339.4 people per square mile (517.2/km˛). There were 48,815 housing units at an average density of 574.2/sq mi (221.7/km˛). The racial makeup of the city was 46.39% Caucasian, 45.85% African American, 0.24% Native American, 2.48% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.55% from other races
Race (United States Census)

Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are Self-concept data items in which residents choose the Race in the United States or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are of Hispanic or Latino origin ....
, and 1.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.93% of the population.

There were 44,361 households out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples
Marriage

Marriage is a social, spirituality, or law union of individuals. This union may also be called matrimony, while the ceremony that marks its beginning is usually called a wedding and the married status created is sometimes called wedlock....
 living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.4% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city the population was spread out with 27.1% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 90.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,559, and the median income for a family was $40,825. Males had a median income of $35,861 versus $24,255 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income

Per capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone....
 for the city was $18,632. About 16.4% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.6

Economy

Top Ten Employers:
  • Beaumont Independent School District
    Beaumont Independent School District

    Beaumont Independent School District is a public school district based in Beaumont, Texas, Texas .In addition to Beaumont, the district also serves the city of Bevil Oaks, Texas....
     Education - 2,840
  • Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital Health care - 2,500
  • Memorial Hermann Baptist Hospital Hospital - 2,250
  • ExxonMobil
    ExxonMobil

    The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an United States petroleum and natural gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D....
     Petrochemical manufacturing - 2,150
  • Westvaco Paper mill - 1,690
  • U.S. Postal Service Encoding Center - 1,686 (closed 9 November 2007)
  • E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Petrochemical manufacturing - 1,450
  • City of Beaumont Government - 1,450
  • Lamar University
    Lamar University

    Lamar University is a four-year university located in Beaumont, Texas, Texas, United States, and a member of The Texas State University System....
     University - 1,200
  • Huntsman Corporation Petrochemical manufacturing - 1,038


Sports

  • The American Basketball Association
    American Basketball Association

    The American Basketball Association was a professional basketball league founded in 1967. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA-NBA merger in 1976....
    's Southeast Texas Mustangs play at Ford Arena.


Culture

  • Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET), with its Perlstein Plaza, dedicated in memory of pioneer real estate developer Hyman Asher Perlstein (1869-1947), who arrived in Beaumont in 1889 as a poor Jewish immigrant from Lithuania and eventually became one of the city's major builders. The museum stands on the site of the Perlstein building, which was the tallest structure between Houston and New Orleans when it was erected in 1907. AMSET, formerly the Beaumont Art Museum, exhibits 19th-21st Century American art and offers 10-14 educational programs in any given year. Admission is free, and the museum is open seven days per week.
  • Beaumont Botanical Gardens
    Beaumont Botanical Gardens

    The Beaumont Botanical Gardens , also known as the Tyrrell Park Botanical Gardens, are botanical gardens and a Conservatory located in Tyrrell Park at 6088 Babe Zaharias Drive, Beaumont, Texas, USA....
  • Beaumont's Sister City in Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
     Beppu, Oita
    Beppu, Oita

    is a cities of Japan located in Oita Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. On January 31, 2008, the city had an official population of 122,297 and total area is 125.13 km? for a population density of 977 persons per km?....
  • Spindletop
    Spindletop

    Spindletop is a salt dome oil field located in south Beaumont, Texas, Texas in the United States. On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil ....
    -Gladys City Boomtown Museum.
  • Red Lobster's historical marine museum
  • Lamar University
    Lamar University

    Lamar University is a four-year university located in Beaumont, Texas, Texas, United States, and a member of The Texas State University System....
  • Edison Museum
    Edison Museum

    The Edison Museum is a science and history museum about the life and inventions of Thomas Edison, and is located in Beaumont, Texas. The museum features interactive exhibits about Edison, his inventions and innovations, as well as historic artifacts from his life....
     - about inventor Thomas Edison
    Thomas Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb....
  • John Jay French Museum. The John Jay French Museum is an historic home that has been converted into a museum. Its purpose is to illustrate the life of a prosperous Texas pioneer family from 1845-1865. The home, built in 1845 by French, a tanner and merchant, showcases period furnishings, clothing and pioneer household utensils. Outbuildings on the grounds include a blacksmith shop, tannery, privy and smokehouse.


  • Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum. Museum dedicated to the life of the Beaumont native and accomplished athlete.
  • Fire Museum of Texas - Home of one of world's largest fire hydrant
    Fire hydrant

    A fire hydrant , is an active fire protection measure, and a source of water provided in most urban, suburban and rural areas with municipal water service to enable firefighters to tap into the municipal water supply to assist in extinguishing a fire....
    s. Antique fire trucks and equipment chronicle the history of firefighting in Texas. Educational programs stress the importance of fire safety.
  • Crockett Street Entertainment Complex
  • Dishman Art Gallery
  • Julie Rogers Theater
  • The Art Studio, Inc. (TASI)], a non-profit arts cooperative and art gallery space that rents subsidized space to visual artists. Also hosts poetry readings, music events, film screenings. Housed in a converted warehouse in the industrial district of Beaumont's downtown.
  • The Jefferson Theatre
    Jefferson Theatre

    The Jefferson Theatre is a historic performing arts theatre located on Fannin Street in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Built in 1927, the theatre is featured on the National Register of Historic Places and recognized as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark....
    , built in 1927, is an historic theater that presents musical and stage performances as well as limited revival screenings of classic films. It is featured on the National Register of Historic Places and recognized as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
  • The McFaddin-Ward House
    McFaddin-Ward House

    The McFaddin-Ward House was built in 1905 - 1906 in the Beaux-Arts architecture Colonial Revival style in Beaumont, Texas. The historic home is and furnishings reflect the lifestyle of the prominent family who lived in the house for seventy-five years....
    , built in 1905-06 in the Beaux-Arts Colonial style. The structure and its furnishings reflect the lifestyle of the prominent family who lived in the house for seventy-five years. A very large historic home with a substantial carriage house. The entire grounds are currently a public museum with a substantial permanent collection of antique furniture and household items. Eductational programs focus on history and are geared toward children and adults.
  • The Clifton Steamboat Museum opened its doors on October 26, 1995 with construction beginning in the earlier months of 1994. The theme of the museum is Heroes... Past, Present, and Future and honors our military and civilian heroes. The Clifton Steamboat Museum consists of a , two-story museum that is handicap accessible, and contains various exhibits. Our museum art exhibits bring to life the wars fought in Southeast Texas and Louisiana, as well as the Steamboat Era, World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam. Upper art galleries of the museum feature original bronze sculptures; Native American artists, wildlife, and frontier paintings from famous artists. A special gallery in the museum is dedicated to the Boy Scouts. This boy scouts gallery features many historical scouting artifacts, some dating back before the 1960s, and is sure to spark the interest of boy scouts past and present. There is also the tugboat, "Hercules", standing at high, wide, and long which is included on the museum tour.


Education

Beaumont is served by the Beaumont Independent School District
Beaumont Independent School District

Beaumont Independent School District is a public school district based in Beaumont, Texas, Texas .In addition to Beaumont, the district also serves the city of Bevil Oaks, Texas....
, Premier High School of Beaumont a public charter school, one state university Lamar University
Lamar University

Lamar University is a four-year university located in Beaumont, Texas, Texas, United States, and a member of The Texas State University System....
 and one two-year college Lamar Institute of Technology
Lamar Institute of Technology

Lamar Institute of Technology is a public technical school in Beaumont, Texas. LIT was formerly a part of Lamar University, but became a separate institution when the university joined the Texas State University System in 1995....
. The Diocese of Beaumont runs three Catholic elementary schools in Beaumont, St. Anne Catholic School, St. Anthony Cathedral Catholic School, and Our Mother of Mercy Catholic School. Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School
Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School

Monsignor Kelly Catholic High School is a parochial school, Roman Catholic high school in Beaumont, Texas. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Beaumont....
 is the city's lone Catholic high school. Legacy Christian Academy, with campuses on Highway 105 and US 69, enrolls kindergarten through 12th grade.

Media


Newspapers

  • Beaumont Enterprise
    Beaumont Enterprise

    The Beaumont Enterprise, Southeast Texas? oldest continually operated business, has been serving the region since 1880.In addition to BeaumontEnterprise.com and the daily newspaper, The Enterprise produces several weeklies?the Jasper Newsboy, the Hardin County News, the Mid County Chronicle, the Orange County News, the Beaumont Journal and the Sp...
     (Daily)
  • Southeast Texas Live (Enterprise's Local Entertainment Website)
  • Examiner (Weekly)
  • Southeast Texas Record (Weekly legal journal covering Jefferson & Orange County Courts)


Television

  • KFDM 6 (CBS)/DT 6.1 with CW Network on 6.2 (digital RF channel 21 / PSIP 6)
  • KBTV
    KBTV-TV

    KBTV-TV, channel 4, is the Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate serving the Beaumont, Texas / Port Arthur, Texas market. Licensed to Port Arthur, its studios are located at Parkdale Mall in Beaumont, with an office in Port Arthur; the station was the first television station in the country to have its studios located inside a major shopping cen...
     4 (Fox)/DT 40
  • KBMT
    KBMT

    KBMT is the American Broadcasting Company affiliate serving the Beaumont, Texas / Port Arthur, Texas market. It is licensed to Beaumont, and its studios are located at 525 South Interstate 10 in Beaumont....
     12 (ABC)/DT 12.1 with NBC on 12.2 (digital RF channel 50 / PSIP 12)
  • KITU-TV
    KITU-TV

    KITU-TV is a religious broadcasting television station in Beaumont, Texas, broadcasting locally on channel 34 as an affiliate of Trinity Broadcasting Network....
     34/DT 33 (TBN
    Trinity Broadcasting Network

    The Trinity Broadcasting Network is the United States' largest Religious broadcasting#Television Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, it also has studios in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma and Orlando, Florida....
    )
  • KUIL-LP
    KUIL-LP

    KUIL-LP is a low-powered Independent station television station, broadcasting on analog channel 64 and digital channel 36 for the Beaumont, Texas / Port Arthur, Texas area....
     64 /K36ID-D 36 (Independent) (operated by KVHP
    KVHP

    KVHP is a television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, broadcasting locally on channel 29 as an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company network....
    , the Fox affiliate in Lake Charles, Louisiana
    Lake Charles, Louisiana

    Lake Charles is the fifth largest incorporated city in the US state of Louisiana.It is the major cultural and educational center in the southwest region of the state and one of the most important in Acadiana....
    )


  • The region currently has no PBS
    Public Broadcasting Service

    The Public Broadcasting Service is an United States non-profit public broadcasting television service with 354 member TV stations in the United States....
     station of its own; Houston's KUHT
    KUHT

    KUHT is a PBS member television station serving Houston, Texas and the first public television station in the United States of America. Under the banner "HoustonPBS," it is owned by the University of Houston System, and licensed to and operated by the University of Houston....
     is the region's de facto PBS station.


Radio

  • KIOC 106.1 Rock (Big Dog) Clear Channel
  • KCOL 92.5 Oldies (Cool 92.5) Clear Channel
  • KVLU 91.3 NPR located at Lamar University with HD-Radio
  • KYKR 95.1 Country (Kicker) Clear Channel
  • KAYD 101.7 Country (KD 101) Cumulus
  • KTCX
    KTCX-FM

    KTCX is an Urban Contemporary formatted radio station in Beaumont, TX. It serves the entire Golden Triangle and is owned by Cumulus Media.KTCX "Magic 102.5" was launched in 1998 based on its current format....
      102.5 Urban (Magic 102.5) Cumulus
  • KQXY
    KQXY

    KQXY-FM is a radio station broadcasting an Hot AC format. Licensed to Beaumont, Texas, it serves the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Texas metropolitan area....
      94.1 Top 40 (Q94) Cumulus
  • KKMY 104.5 Adult Contemporary (Mix) Clear Channel
  • KQBU 93.3 Party 93 Univision (Based out of Houston; licensed to Port Arthur)
  • KQQK 107.9 Spanish Top 40 (XO "Equis O") Libermann (Based out of Houston; licensed to Beaumont)
  • KFNC 97.5 Sports/Talk (ESPN 97.5 The Ticket) Cumulus (serves Houston market; tower south of Winnie)
  • KHJK
    KHJK

    KHJK is a variety hits music formatted radio station serving the Houston, Texas and Beaumont, Texas, areas. The studios are currently located in the Westchase Bank Building at 9801 Westheimer in Houston, Texas, with its transmitter facility located southeast of Devers, Texas, in Liberty County, Texas....
     103.7 Variety Hits (103.7 Jack FM
    Jack FM

    Jack-FM is the moniker and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in music hits with some 2000s in music hot adult contemporary single ....
    ) Cumulus (serves Houston market; tower NW of Winnie)
  • KTJM
    KTJM

    KTJM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional styles of Mexican music format. Licensed to Port Arthur, Texas, it serves the Template:Beaumont-Port Arthur Radio area....
      98.5 Regional Mexican (La Raza) Liberman (Based out of Houston; licensed to Port Arthur)
  • KHPT 106.9 "Best of the 80s and more" COX (serves Houston market from Splendora tower)
  • KLVI
    KLVI

    KLVI is a news-talk radio station in the Beaumont, Texas, metropolitan area. It is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.The station was assigned the KLVI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission in February 1964 in radio....
      560 AM Talk/Fox News Clear Channel
  • KOLE 1340 AM //KRCM 1380 AM Fox Radio (1380 is moving to Shenandoah, south of Conroe, soon)
  • KBPO 1150 AM Port Neches (off air)
  • KZZB 990 AM Martin Broadcasting; poor range and low audio
  • KDEI 1250 AM Catholic / Radio Maria
  • KIKR 1450 AM Regional Mexican "La Gran D" (simulcast on KBED 1510)


Famous businesses from Beaumont

  • Conn's - Chain of Appliance and Electronic stores
  • ENGlobal - Engineering firm, Worldwide
  • Gulf Oil
    Gulf Oil

    Gulf Oil was a major global petroleum Corporation from the 1900s to the 1980s. The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth-largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the so-called Seven Sisters oil companies....
     - Gulf Oil Company founded 1901, now Chevron
  • Helena Laboratories - Manufactures medical testing equipment
  • Humble Oil
    Humble Oil

    Humble Oil and Refining Co. was founded in 1911. The company would later consolidate with Standard Oil of New Jersey to become ExxonMobil....
     - 50% of Humble Oil sold to Standard Oil of NJ to build its first refinery in Baytown. Merged and renamed Exxon 1972. Now ExxonMobil
    ExxonMobil

    The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an United States petroleum and natural gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D....
  • Jason's Deli
    Jason's Deli

    Jason's Deli is a fast casual deli restaurant chain, serving food for all tastes and catering for all occasions....
     - Fast Casual chain with locations in 20 states.
  • M & I Electric - Manufacturer for offshore drilling and petrochemical refining equipment, now American Electric Technologies, Inc. based in Houston
  • Magnolia Petroleum Company
    Magnolia Petroleum Company

    The Magnolia Petroleum Company was an early twentieth century petroleum company in Texas and was founded on April 24 1911 as a consolidation of several earlier companies....
     - Startup began in Corsicana in 1898, but became a major company in Beaumont in 1901. Owned KFDM radio, now 560 KLVI
    KLVI

    KLVI is a news-talk radio station in the Beaumont, Texas, metropolitan area. It is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.The station was assigned the KLVI call letters by the Federal Communications Commission in February 1964 in radio....
     in the 30s through the 50s. Its refinery in Beaumont along with Texas Oil Co. & Gulf's in Port Arthur, TX were 3 of the largest in the world. Magnolia later sold 45% ownership to Standard Oil of NY, Socony. Combined companies years later into Mobil
    Mobil

    Mobil was a major United States Petroleum company which merged with Exxon in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. Today Mobil continues as a major brand name within the combined company....
     now ExxonMobil
    ExxonMobil

    The Exxon Mobil Corporation, or ExxonMobil, is an United States petroleum and natural gas corporation. It is a direct descendant of John D....
  • Parkdale mall - The largest mall in the Golden triangle area.
  • Port of Beaumont
    Port of Beaumont

    The Port of Beaumont is a deep-water port located in Beaumont, Texas, Texas.It claims to rank as the fourth List of ports in the United States and the thirty-fourth World's busiest port in terms of tonnage....
     - Young town of Beaumont grew quicker around this harbor about 1840 and would mark the spot that would become the port. Ranks consistently among the top 5 ports in the country for tonnage
  • Sweet Leaf Tea - Bottled teas
  • The Texas Company - Founded in 1902 just west of Beaumont (Sour Lake, Texas) became Texaco
    Texaco

    Texaco is the name of an United States petroleum retail brand. Its flagship product is its fuel,"Texaco with Techron". It also owns the Havoline motor oil brand....
    ;, now owned/part of Chevron
    Chevron Corporation

    Chevron Corporation is the world's fourth largest non-government energy corporation. Headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States, and active in more than 180 countries, it is engaged in every aspect of the Petroleum and gas industry, including exploration and Petroleum#Extraction; refining, marketing and transport; chemicals m...
     formerly the Gulf Oil Company.
  • Zummo Sausage
  • The Texas Coffee Company - Home of Seaport Coffees and Texjoy Steak Seasoning among other products distributed regionally. The company was founded in 1921 by Charles J. Fertitta, Sr. In 1968, the Texas Coffee Company became the first company in the United States to begin packaging coffee in vacuum-packed foil bags (see http://www.texjoy.com/store/pg/37-About-Us.aspx).


Events

  • South Texas State Fair
    South Texas State Fair

    The South Texas State Fair is an annual regional state fair held in Beaumont, Texas in October. The fair features a livestock show, a commercial trade_fair, and a carnival Midway ....
  • Dog Jam
    Dog Jam

    Dog Jam is an annual rock festival held at Ford Park in Beaumont, Texas since 2001. It is sponsored by local Rock music radio station KIOC Big Dog 106 and Bud Light....


Transportation


Highways

Beaumont is served by Interstate 10, an east-west freeway linking the city to Houston, New Orleans, Lake Charles
Lake Charles, Louisiana

Lake Charles is the fifth largest incorporated city in the US state of Louisiana.It is the major cultural and educational center in the southwest region of the state and one of the most important in Acadiana....
 and other points in between. In addition, it is also served by US 90 (College Street), US 69, US 96 and U.S. Highway 287 (Cardinal Drive and Eastex
East Texas

East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the United States state of Texas.According to the Handbook of Texas, the East Texas area "may be separated from the rest of Texas roughly by a line extending from the Red River in north central Lamar County, TX southwestward to east central Limestone County, TX and then south...
 Freeway - not to be confused with Eastex Freeway in Houston), State Highway 124
State Highway 124 (Texas)

State Highway 124 or SH 124 is a state highway that runs from Beaumont, Texas south to the Gulf coast at High Island, Texas. It was originally designated by 1933, travelling from Stowell, Texas through High Island to Port Bolivar, Texas....
 and State Highway 105
State Highway 105 (Texas)

State Highway 105, or SH 105, is a state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from Brenham, Texas to the outskirts of Beaumont, Texas....
. Spur 380, locally known as MLK Expressway, runs into the eastern part of the city to downtown.

Public transit

Beaumont is served by a bus transit agency called Beaumont Municipal Transit, or BMT. It runs nine bus routes from Dannenbaum Station to various parts of the city Monday through Saturday every week from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The city is also served by the tri-weekly Amtrak
Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 to provide Inter-city rail train#Passenger trains service in the United States....
 train Sunset Limited
Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans, Louisiana and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental passenger train in American history....
.

Airports

Southeast Texas Regional Airport
Southeast Texas Regional Airport

Southeast Texas Regional Airport , abbreviated as SETRA, is a public airport located near Port Arthur, Texas, United States, nine miles southeast of the central business district of Beaumont, Texas and northeast of Port Arthur....
 west of the city of Port Arthur
Port Arthur, Texas

Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County, Texas within the Beaumont, Texas–Port Arthur Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S....
 provides limited commercial aviation services for Beaumont and Port Arthur residents.

Beaumont Municipal Airport
Beaumont Municipal Airport

Beaumont Municipal Airport is an airport located six miles west of Beaumont, Texas. The airport has two runways.The airport is used solely for general aviation purposes....
 is within the city of Beaumont and only has general aviation facilities.

Notable residents


Country singers Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt

Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an United States country music singer known for his neotraditionalist country style. Chesnutt recorded his first album, Doing My Country Thing in the late 1980s on an independent record label; his national debut came in 1990 with the single "Too Cold at Home", the first single from his second album, which was also...
 and Tracy Byrd are also Beaumont residents. Tattoo Legend Gil Montie lives and operates his tattoo parlor "Tattoo Mania" in Beaumont.

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