Beasley (Texas)
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 Beasley Post Office |
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1970 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Texas | ||
| County : | Fort Bend County | ||
| Coordinates : | 29 ° 30 ′ N , 95 ° 55 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 641 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 232.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2.77 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.76 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 33 m | ||
| Postal code : | 77417 | ||
| Area code : | +1 979 | ||
| FIPS : | 48-06272 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1330260 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbeasley.com | ||
| Mayor : | Kenneth Reid | ||
 Beasley Town Hall |
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Beasley (until 1898 Dyer ) is a small town ( City ) in Fort Bend County in the southeast of the state of Texas in the United States . At the last census in 2010 , Beasley had 641 residents.
location
Beasley is located in the southeastern part of Fort Bend County, about twelve kilometers southwest of Rosenberg . The city belongs to the Greater Houston metropolitan area , and downtown Houston is around 60 kilometers northeast of Beasley. Neighboring cities are, besides Rosenberg, Pleak in the east, Needville in the southeast, Kendleton in the southwest and Tavener in the northwest.
Beasley is located on US Highway 59 , a bypass around the city , which becomes Interstate 69 about seven kilometers northeast of Beasley . Loop 540 and a railway line of the Southern Pacific Railroad run through the village .
history
The village of Beasley was founded by Richmond entrepreneur and banker Cecil A. Beasley in the mid-1890s after the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway was extended there. The settlement was initially named Dyer , named after Beasley's fiancé Isabel Dyer. In 1898 Dyer was given a post office to avoid confusion with another town of the same name, the village was then renamed Beasley .
In 1902 a village school was founded, which initially only had eight students. In 1910, the Kansas City Stern and Stern Land Company began selling land in the Beasley area. In the same year, an Evangelical Lutheran service was held for the first time in the Beasley schoolhouse. By 1914 a Lutheran and a Baptist church, a bank, a hotel, a sawmill , two wool mills , three general stores and a connection to the telephone network had been built in the village , at which time Beasley had 325 residents. In February 1918, the Evangelical Lutheran Hope Congregation was founded in Beasley , a parish in which services were held twice a month in both German and English. In the 1920s, the place also had a cinema.
Before the Second World War , the population of Beasleys reached its highest level at around 350, and from the end of the 1940s the population fell sharply. In 1948, the Beasley School District merged with the Lamar City School District . In 1960, Beasley's population reached its low point at just under 175, and the population has been rising again since then. In 1968 there were again about 275 residents in Beasley. Two years later, Beasley was incorporated as a City. In 1985 the primary school building used today was built. At the 2010 United States Census, Beasley had 641 residents.
population
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1980 | 410 | - | |
| 1990 | 485 | 18.3% | |
| 2000 | 590 | 21.6% | |
| 2010 | 641 | 8.6% | |
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2010 Census
At the 2010 United States Census, Beasley had 641 residents, spread across 224 households and 149 families. 67.7% of the population were white , 7.0% African-American and 0.3% Asian ; 23.7% of the population were of other races and 1.2% had two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos of all races made up 52.1% of the total population.
There were married couples in 47.3% of households, 15.6% of households were made up of single women and 3.6% of single men. 38.8% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them and 28.1% of households had seniors over 65 years of age.
The median age at Beasley in 2010 was 32.4 years. 29.5% of the residents were younger than 18 years, 9.2% were between 18 and 24, 27.3% between 25 and 44, 21.7% between 45 and 64 and 12.3% of the residents were 65 years or older older. 49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% female.
Census 2000
At the 2000 United States Census , Beasley had 590 residents in 216 households and 155 families. 77.97% of the population were white, 6.61% African American, and 15.42% of other or multiple races. At the time of the census, the median income for a Beasley household was $ 35,000 and that of a family was $ 47,625. The average per capita income was $ 14,984. 16.2% of the population of Beasley lived below the poverty line , including 18.9% of the under age population and 24.1% of the population over 65 years of age.
education
There was a village school in Beasley since the beginning of the 20th century. In 1933, the Beasley School District had 284 students. Following the sharp population decline and declining demand for schools in the area, the Beasley and Lamar school districts merged in 1948 to form the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District , headquartered in Rosenberg, which encompasses large parts of Fort Bend County. Students in Beasley today attend one of the following schools:
- Beasley Elementary School, 377 students in 2020
- Navarro Middle School
- George Junior High School
- BF Terry High School, 2084 students in 2017
Only the Beasley Elementary School is located in Beasley, all other schools are in neighboring Rosenberg.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History in a Peacan Shell. In: texasescapes.com , accessed January 12, 2020.
- ↑ a b About Beasley, Texas. In: cityofbeasley.com , accessed January 12, 2020.
- ↑ Historical marker in front of the Holy Lutheran Church in Beasley, Texas ( see here ).
- ^ A b About Beasley Elementary School. In: lcisd.org , accessed January 12, 2020.
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics. United States Census Bureau, accessed January 12, 2020.