Editing Beeville, Texas

{{short description|City in and county seat of Bee County, Texas, United States}}
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| leader_name              = Brian Watson|
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| leader_name1             = Michael Willow II
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'''Beeville''' is a city in [[Bee County, Texas|Bee County]], [[Texas]], United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census  makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/beeville-tx-population# | title=Beeville, Texas Population 2023 }}</ref> It is the [[county seat]] of Bee County<ref name="GR6">{{cite web |url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704084002/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=July 4, 2012 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofbeevillemainstreet.com|title=About|website=City of Beeville Mainstreet}}</ref>

==History and culture==
The original and official site on the Poesta River was first settled by the Burke, Carroll, and Heffernan families in the 1830s.  Present-day Beeville was established on {{cvt|150|acre|ha}} of land donated by Ann Burke in May 1859, after the Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States. It was first named "Maryville" for pioneer Mary Heffernan.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tarpley|first=Fred|title=1001 Texas Place Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4B7n7pJyZIC&pg=PA22|date=July 5, 2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-78693-6|page=22}}</ref>

It was renamed Beeville after [[Barnard E. Bee, Sr.]], who had served as secretary of state and secretary of war for the [[Republic of Texas]]. It was called Beeville-on-the-Poesta,  with a nearby community called Beeville-on-the-Medio 7&nbsp;mi (11&nbsp;km) to the west. The first post office opened in 1859.

In 1886, the first railroad was constructed through Beeville, stimulating the growth of the economy and population. The [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company]] operated these railroads until the early 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.txtransportationmuseum.org/history-beeville.php|title=The Railroad in Beeville and Skidmore|website=Txtransportationmuseum.org}}</ref>

[[File:Beeville couple arraigned on charge of holding Negro in slavery on farm (1942) The Brownsville Herald.jpg|thumb|right|A contemporary newspaper article reporting on the Alfred Irving case (October 2, 1942 - ''[[The Brownsville Herald]]'')]]

In September 1942, [[Alfred Irving (former slave)|Alfred Irving]], who is believed to be one of the final chattel [[Slavery in the United States|slaves in the United States]], was freed at a farm near Beeville. Alex L. Skrobarcek and his daughter, Susie, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Laredo, Texas on November 9, 1942.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89051115|title=The Untold History of Post-Civil War 'Neoslavery'|website=NPR.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5342196/skrobarczyks-plead-not-guilty-to/|title=Skrobarczyks Plead Not Guilty to Violation of Anti-Peonage Laws|newspaper=The New York Age |date=December 5, 1942|page=9 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2387477/alfred-irving-held-in-slavery/|title=Alfred Irving held in slavery.|newspaper=The Brownsville Herald |date=October 2, 1942|pages=9|via=newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120674498432473091 | title=The World War II Effect | newspaper=Wall Street Journal | date=29 March 2008 | last1=Blackmon | first1=Douglas A. }}</ref> The pair were found guilty in  Federal court in Corpus Christi, Texas on Thursday, March 18, 1943. Alex L. Skrobarcek was sentenced to only four years in prison, while his daughter, Susie Skrobarcek, received two years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1943-03-25 |title=Prison Terms For Couple In Slavery Case: Aged Farmer May Serve Four Years, His Daughter Two. |pages=1 |work=The Bee-Picayune |url=https://beeville.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=march&t=37969&i=t&by=1943&bdd=1940&bm=3&bd=25&d=03251943-03251943&m=between&ord=k1&fn=bee_picayune_usa_texas_beeville_19430325_english_1&df=1&dt=10&cid=2860}}</ref>

The [[United States Navy]] operated the Beeville Naval Air Station, which trained Navy airplane pilots during [[World War II]] from 1943 through 1946. The base was reopened in 1952 as [[Naval Air Station Chase Field]], continuing in operation until 1992.

Beeville was served by [[Trans-Texas Airways]]  during the 1950s; it operated scheduled passenger flights with [[Douglas DC-3]] propeller airliners from Chase Field with service to Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston, San Antonio, and other destinations in Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/complete/tt52/tt52-1.jpg|format= JPG| title= Trans-Texas Airways Jan. 1, 1952 system timetable|website=Timetableimages.com}}</ref>

In 1967, the town was inundated by {{convert|30|in|mm}} of rain during [[Hurricane Beulah]].<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:A second Beeville, Texas, sign IMG 0980.JPG|Beeville calls itself "A Honey of a Town", referencing its name.
File:Cattle near Beeville, TX IMG 0987.JPG|[[Cattle]] grazing on [[ranch]] lands between Beeville and [[Goliad, Texas|Goliad]], Texas
File:Beeville, TX, sign IMG 0979.JPG|Entrance sign at Beeville, Texas
</gallery>

==Geography==
The city's terrain ranges from flat to gently rolling slopes, set in the South Texas Brush Country.

Beeville is located between [[San Antonio]] and [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]. Travel time to Corpus Christi is approximately one hour, and to San Antonio is about 1{{frac|1|2}} hours by car.<ref name=HallinanChap1>Hallinan, Joseph T. "[https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hallinan-river.html Chapter One]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150928132608/https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hallinan-river.html Archive]). ''Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation''. 2001. Retrieved on September 27, 2015.</ref> [[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|US 59]] and [[U.S. Route 181|181]] intersects at Beeville.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.1|sqmi|km2}}, all  land.

==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.  The temperature is influenced by the warm waters of the nearby Gulf of Mexico. Prevailing southerly winds of 8 to 10 miles per hour (13 to 16&nbsp;km/h) come off the gulf. Annual rainfall is about 30 inches (76&nbsp;cm), fairly evenly distributed throughout the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coastalbend.edu/About_Beeville/|title=About CBC|website=Coastalbend.edu}}</ref> According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Beeville has a [[humid subtropical climate]], ''Cfa'' on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=655227&cityname=Beeville,+Texas,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Beeville, Texas Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase.com}}</ref>

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 | Jan record high F  = 91
 | Feb record high F  = 98
 | Mar record high F  = 102
 | Apr record high F  = 105
 | May record high F  = 107
 | Jun record high F  = 110
 | Jul record high F  = 111
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 | Feb high F = 69.0
 | Mar high F = 74.6
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 | May mean F = 77.1
 | Jun mean F = 82.1
 | Jul mean F = 83.6
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 | Sep mean F = 80.0
 | Oct mean F = 72.7
 | Nov mean F = 63.7
 | Dec mean F = 56.3
 | year mean F = 70.6
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 | Feb low F = 47.4
 | Mar low F = 53.8
 | Apr low F = 59.7
 | May low F = 67.4
 | Jun low F = 72.2
 | Jul low F = 73.3
 | Aug low F = 73.4
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 | Oct low F = 61.3
 | Nov low F = 52.5
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 | Feb record low F  = 11
 | Mar record low F  = 17
 | Apr record low F  = 29
 | May record low F  = 42
 | Jun record low F  = 51
 | Jul record low F  = 61
 | Aug record low F  = 60
 | Sep record low F  = 44
 | Oct record low F  = 27
 | Nov record low F  = 19
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 208
|1890= 1311
|1910= 3269
|1920= 3063
|1930= 4806
|1940= 6789
|1950= 9348
|1960= 13811
|1970= 13506
|1980= 14574
|1990= 13547
|2000= 13129
|2010= 12863
|2020= 13669
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Beeville racial composition'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4807192&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref><br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>}}
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] (NH)
|2,851
|20.86%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] (NH)
|420
|3.07%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] (NH)
|16
|0.12%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] (NH)
|135
|0.99%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|2
|0.01%
|-
|Some other race (NH)
|30
|0.22%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed/multiracial]] (NH)
|215
|1.57%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]]
|10,000
|73.16%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''13,669'''
|
|}
As of the [[2020 United States census]], 13,669 people, 4,890 households, and 3,164 families were residing in the city.

==Government and infrastructure==
The Beeville City Council consists of Mayor Brian Watson, Mayor Pro-tempore Michael Willow Jr., Councilman Benny Puente, Councilman Alexis Bledsoe, and Councilman Darryl Martin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beevilletx.org|title=Welcome to City of Beeville, Texas|website=Beevilletx.org}}</ref>

The city has nine parks scattered among the neighborhoods, with a swimming pool at Martin Luther King-City Pool Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beevilletx.org/parks.php#.VLtIx0uwjoE|title=City Parks|website=Beevilletx.org}}</ref>

===Prisons===
The [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]] operates the Correctional Institutions Division Region IV Office on the grounds of the [[Chase Field Industrial Complex]], the former [[Naval Air Station Chase Field]], near Beeville.<ref>[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/reg4.htm Correctional Institutions Division Region IV Director's Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121162804/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/reg4.htm |date=2008-01-21 }} [[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]], retrieved on May 21, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st48_tx/county/c48025_bee/DC20BLK_C48025.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Bee County, TX|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-08-13|page=25 (PDF p. 26/39)|quote=Chase Field Criminal Justice Ctr}} - The map shows that the Chase Field facilities are outside of the Beeville city limits, despite having Beeville addresses.</ref> In addition, [[Garza East Unit]] and [[Garza West Unit]] transfer facilities are co-located on the grounds of the naval air station;<ref>[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ni.htm Garza East Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118183316/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/ni.htm |date=2008-01-18 }}, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, retrieved on May 21, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/nh.htm Garza West Unit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725201141/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/unitdirectory/nh.htm |date=2010-07-25 }}, Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 21, 2010.</ref> and the [[McConnell Unit]] lies about {{convert|1|mi|km}} outside the city limits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/unit_directory/ml.html|title=Unit Directory|website=Tdcj.state.tx.us}}</ref> The Beeville Distribution Center is on the grounds of the air station.<ref name="ChaseFieldCent">"[http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-beeville-warehs.htm Beeville Distribution Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100712211442/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/manufacturing-logistics/transport/transport-beeville-warehs.htm |date=2010-07-12 }}, Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved on May 22, 2010.</ref>

Joseph T. Hallinan, the author of the 2001 book ''Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation'', described Beeville as a prison town. At the time, Beeville was trying to attract more prison business since the employment is stable. Hallinan wrote that Beeville was attempting to be "a prison hub, becoming roughly what [[Pittsburgh]] is to steel or [[Detroit]] is to cars".<ref name=HallinanChap1/>

==Education==
Beeville is served by the [[Beeville Independent School District]], which has about 3,500 students in six schools.

[[A. C. Jones High School (Beeville, Texas)|A. C. Jones High School]] contains a turfed football stadium and a softball and baseball complex. Sports include golf, basketball, baseball, softball, powerlifting, soccer, tennis, track, wrestling, and cheerleading. The teams are the Trojans and Lady Trojans, and their colors are orange and white. Other extracurricular programs include the Dazzlers Dance Team, band, choir, and theater arts.

All of Bee County is in the Bee County College District (doing business as [[Coastal Bend College]]), according to the Texas Education Code.<ref>[https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.130.htm Texas Education Code, Sec. 130.167.  BEE COUNTY COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.]</ref> The main campus of Coastal Bend College in Beeville opened in 1967 with 790 students.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coastalbend.edu/about_cbc/|title=About CBC|website=Coastalbend.edu}}</ref> Today it has over 3,700 students, more than 1,200 of them full-time. Dormitories and apartments on campus provide affordable housing. The community college offers an associate degree in 26 different fields.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/community-colleges/coastal-bend-college-CC01617|title=Coastal Bend College|website=Usnews.com|access-date=2022-01-31}}</ref>  (Other campuses are in Alice, Kingsville and Pleasanton.)

==Library==
The Joe Barnhart Bee County Library is located in downtown Beeville, directly across the street from the Bee County Courthouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bclib.org/index.html|title=Joe Barnhart Bee County Library|first=Charles Weldon|last=Cook|website=Bclib.org|access-date=2015-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118104335/http://www.bclib.org/index.html|archive-date=2015-01-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Art museum==
The Beeville Art Museum is a teaching museum, relying on traveling exhibitions. It is housed in the Esther Barnhart House. The house was built in 1910 by the R.L. Hodges family and occupied by their descendants until 1975. In 1981, the Hodges House and adjacent acreage were purchased by Dr. Joe Barnhart of Houston. He named the house the Esther Barnhart House in honor of his mother. He then developed the land into a park for the community. He named the park the Joe Barnhart Park in honor of his father.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bamtexas.org/aboutbam.html |title=Beeville Art Museum |access-date=2015-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127044156/http://bamtexas.org/aboutbam.html |archive-date=2015-01-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable people==
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* [[Byron Bradfute]], [[National Football League]] player
* [[James Gunn (astronomer)|James Gunn]], Princeton astronomer, 2008 National Medal of Science<ref>{{cite web|title=Oral History Interviews|date=24 September 2021 |publisher=American Institute of Physics|url=https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/33904}}</ref>
* [[Rudy Jaramillo]], [[Major League Baseball]] player and coach
* [[Cyndi Taylor Krier]], San Antonio politician, born in Beeville in 1950
* [[Edmundo Mireles Jr.]], FBI agent involved in the [[1986 FBI Miami shootout]]
* [[Marianne Rafferty]], [[Fox News]] presenter and reporter<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/marianne-rafferty/bio/#s=r-z |title=Marianne Rafferty Biography |work=FoxNews.com |access-date=October 17, 2011 |date=January 13, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Eddie Taubensee]], [[Major League Baseball]] player
* [[Curt Walker]], was a professional baseball player who played outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies

==See also==
{{portal|Texas}}
* [[List of municipalities in Texas]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Beeville, Texas}}
* [http://www.beevilletx.org/ City of Beeville official website]
* [http://www.mysoutex.com/ ''Beeville Bee-Picayune'']—the local newspaper
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110519105941/http://picasaweb.google.com/winemaker9/BeevilleTrip Photos of Beeville and NAS Chase Field, April 2007]

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