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Formed From
Bee County was formed Dec 8, 1857 and organized Jan 25, 1858, from parts of five existing counties: San Patricio County, Goliad County, Refugio County, Live Oak County, and Karnes County. Beeville was named the county seat in honor of Barnard E. Bee, Sr.
Adjacent counties
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North Karnes County |
Northeast "Blanco Creek" Goliad County |
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| West Live Oak County |
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Bee County, Texas |  |
East |
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| Southwest San Patricio County |
South |
Southeast Refugio County |
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History/Timeline
- Artifacts recovered in the present Bee County region suggest that the earliest human inhabitants arrived around 6,000 to 10,000 years ago and camped along the creek valleys. At the time of the first contact with Europeans, various Karankawa bands inhabited the eastern part of the future county, while Lipan Apaches and Borrados roamed the northwest and southwest sections. The Skidi Pawnees left arrow heads in Sulphur Creek
- 1830's Early settlers in the 1830s lost family members to Indian raids.
- Jan 25, 1858:The county was organized in 1858 and the county seat was about 7 miles from the current courthouse. [1]
- 1859- A post office was established and the next year the first courthouse was built. [1]
- 1886 Six years earlier, Beeville only had about 300 people in 1880, until the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad came through in 1886, the population rose to one thousand. [1]
- 1903 -Beeville received a water works and electricity, and the sewer was built in 1910. [1]
- 1929:There was a small oil boom in 1929, but it wasn't enough for Beeville to escape the Great Depression.[1]
- 1940-A Naval Aviation Station was set up during World War II and although it was deactivated at war's end, it was reopened for Korea. It was closed again in 1992, and a reminder of its presence is noted by the aircraft on the courthouse lawn. [1]
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| Beeville |
Land Grants
Land Survey Abstract Indice of the Original Land Owners of Texas
Government Offices
Beeville- County Seat
Bee county has had 3 courthouses.1861, 1879 and 1912 [2]
1st Courthouse built in 1862 - no image.
2nd 1879 Courthouse
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| 1879 Courthouse |
3rd Courthouse Style - Beaux-arts, built of brick. It has the many items we expect in a grand Beaux arts court house, clock, dome, statue of the Goddess of Justice and large Corinthian columns.. It still stands today.
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| Bee County Courthouse. |
At the time the last courthouse was built, Beeville was paving the streets.[1]
Geography
- Location- Rio Grande plain of south central Texas, 50 miles NW of Corpus Christi,146 miles SE of Austin.
- Latitude/Longitude- center point -28°25' N latitude and 97°45' longitude.
- Size: 866 square miles that slope gently to the coast.
- Elevation - 200 to 300 feet.
- Rio Grande embayment. Lissie and Beaumont formations extend in S part of the county to form a broad, flat, and fertile plain.
- Rivers/Creeks - Blanco, Medio, and Aransas creeks and their tributaries, flow SE
- SOILS SW - corner: southwest corner clayey soils or loamy surfaces
- N2/3 have dark alkaline soil with loam surface
- Remainder - light color acidic soil with loam beneath.
- Prime Farmland--41% - 50% prime farmland.
- Vegetation --grasslands, scattered shrubs and cacti.
- Animals: Buffalo, antelopes, deer, bears, panthers, and wolves early years., also wildcats, coyotes, and jackrabbits. Small --mammals foxes, squirrels, opossums, mice, rats, gophers, skunks, moles, and bats.
- Climate subtropica, humid, -mild winters and warm summers.
- Temperatures - January average low of 42° F to 65°, and July (73° to 96°).
- Rainfall thirty inches. no snowfall.
- Growing season --275 days per year,- last freeze in late February and first freeze- December. :Hurricanes are likely to occur during the late summer.
Demographics
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| Bee County Library. |
- Highways
- U.S. highways 59
- US Highway 181
- State highways 202
- State highways 359.
- Airport built in 1966 serves Beeville and the surrounding region.
Disasters
Bee County Courthouse Fire January 1911 on gendisasters.com
Things to do/see
| Name on the Register | Date listed | Number | Location | City or town | Description | |
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| Bee County Courthouse | Feb 9, 2001 | (#01000105) | 105 W. Corpus Christi St. (28°24′04″N 97°44′53″W) | Beeville | ||
| Beeville Post Office | Apr 4, 2007 | (#07000272) | 111 N. St. Mary's St. (28°24′10″N 97°44′55″W) | Beeville | ||
| Lott-Canada School | Dec 7, 2010 | (#10000981) | 900 W. Corpus Christi St.(28°23′53″N 97°45′26″W) | Beeville | Rosenwald School Building Program in TexasMPS. Branch location for Coastal Bend College. | |
| Medio Creek Bridge | Oct 13, 1988 | (#88002000) | CR 241 (28°31′46″N 97°47′39″W) | Normanna | aka Normanna Bridge | |
| NAS Chase Field-Building 1001 | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000050) | Independence St., 0.45 mi. S of jct. with TX 202 (28°22′24″N 97°39′49″W) | Beeville | Administration Building | |
| NAS Chase Field-Building 1009 | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000051) | Essex St. 0.68 mi. SSE of the jct. of TX 202, Independence St. (28°22′23″N 97°39′41″W) | Beeville | Enlisted WAVES Barracks | |
| NAS Chase Field-Building 1015 | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000052) | Byrd St. 0.82 mi. SSE of jct.,TX 202, Independence St. (28°22′09″N 97°39′39″W) | Beeville | Landplane Hangar | |
| NAS Chase Field-Building 1040 | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000053) | Enterprise St. 0.37 mi. SSE of the jct. of TX 202, Independence St. (28°22′32″N 97°39′46″W) | Beeville | Auditorium/Gym/Chapel | |
| NAS Chase Field-Building 1042 | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000054) | Ofstie Rd. 0.6 mi. SSE of jct. of TX 202, Independence St. (28°22′22″N 97°39′39″W) | Beeville | Brig | |
| NAS Chase Field-Quarters R | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000055) | Essex St. 0.43 mi. SSW of t jct. of TX 202, Independence St. (28°22′28″N 97°39′51″W) | Beeville | Commanding Officer's Quarters | |
| NAS Chase Field-Quarters S | Feb 23, 1994 | (#94000056) | Essex St. 0.45 mi. SSW of the jct. of TX 202, Independence St. (28°22′29″N 97°39′55″W) | Beeville | Executive Officer's Quarters | |
| Praeger Building | Sept. 9, 1982 | (#82004490) | 110 W. Corpus Christi St. (28°24′06″N 97°44′57″W) | Beeville | ||
| Rialto Theater | November 21, 2001 | (#01001265) | 112-114 N. Washington St (28°24′08″N 97°44′57″W) | Beeville | aka Hall-Rialto Theater |
Cities/Towns
| City | CDPs | Unincorporated community |
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| Beeville | ||
| Blue Berry Hill| | ||
| Mineral | ||
| Normanna | ||
| Pawnee | ||
| Pettus | ||
| Skidmore | ||
| Tuleta | ||
| Tulsita | ||
| Tynan |
Schools
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Historical Census
| Census | Pop. | %± |
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| 1860 | 910 | — |
| 1870 | 1,082 | 18.90% |
| 1880 | 2,298 | 112.40% |
| 1890 | 3,720 | 61.90% |
| 1900 | 7,720 | 107.50% |
| 1910 | 12,090 | 56.60% |
| 1920 | 12,137 | 0.40% |
| 1930 | 15,721 | 29.50% |
| 1940 | 16,481 | 4.80% |
| 1950 | 18,174 | 10.30% |
| 1960 | 23,755 | 30.70% |
| 1970 | 22,737 | −4.3% |
| 1980 | 26,030 | 14.50% |
| 1990 | 25,135 | −3.4% |
| 2000 | 32,359 | 28.70% |
| 2010 | 31,861 | −1.5% |
| Est. 2015 | 32,874 | 3.20% |
Cemeteries
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Category: Bee County, Texas, Cemeteries
- TXGenWeb Bee County, Texas has cemetery listings (6,524 names) directly linked to Find A Grave website.
- According to Find A Grave, there are 50 cemeteries in Bee County but 56 are listed below due to cemetery name changes. Throughout Texas, there are many lost, abandoned, forgotten, unknown, undiscovered cemeteries especially in rural areas. Please check Find A Grave or Billion Graves for the most recent information and listings.
- Key - L = Find A Grave Cemetery Listing Link; R = # of Photo Requests; # = Number of Listings in the Cemetery; % Photo = percentage of listings that have been photographed.
Resources
- Bee County government website
- TXGenWeb Bee County, Texas on rootsweb.ancestry.com -
- Index to Table of Contents from Quarterlies of South Texas Genealogical Society, Inc. Volumes #1 (1989) – #18 (2006)
- South Texas Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 754, Beeville, Texas 78104-0754
- Bee County Historical Society on facebook
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 http://www.texasescapes.com/SouthTexasTowns/BeevilleTx/BeevilleTexas.htm
- ↑ http://www.texasescapes.com/SouthTexasTowns/BeevilleTx/Bee-County-Courthouse-Beeville-Texas.htm
- [Wikipedia: Bee County, Texas Bee County, Texas on Wikipedia]
- Bee County government website
- TXGenWeb Bee County, Texas on rootsweb.ancestry.com
- *Index to Table of Contents from Quarterlies of South Texas Genealogical Society, Inc. Volumes #1 (1989) – #18 (2006)
- South Texas Genealogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 754, Beeville, Texas 78104-0754
- Bee County Historical Society on facebook
- Bee County History slideshow, Jan 5, 2014 - Uploaded by susansdream
- Bee County Land Map from Library of Congress
- Bee County Courthouse Fire January 1911 on gendisasters.com
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Category: Bar J Ranch Family Cemetery Bee County, Texas to Category:Bar J Ranch Family Cemetery, Bee County, Texas please? (missing a comma after Bee County as it is right now. Thank you!