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{{short description|City in and county seat of Bee County, Texas, United States}}
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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
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, 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.<!-- from when? By 1950, the population more than doubled to 9,348. -->
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
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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
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|6.1|sqmi|km2}}, all
==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 km/
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| Feb record high F = 98
| Mar record high F = 102
| Apr record high F = 105
| May record high F = 107
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| Oct record high F = 102
| Nov record high F = 95
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| Feb high F = 69.0
| Mar high F = 74.6
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| Jul high F = 93.8
| Aug high F = 95.7
| Sep high F = 90.4
| Oct high F = 84.1
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| Dec high F = 67.2
| year high F = 81.2
| Jan mean F = 54.6
| Feb mean F = 58.2
| Mar mean F = 64.2
| Apr mean F = 70.2
| May mean F = 77.1
| Jun mean F = 82.1
| Jul mean F = 83.6
| Aug mean F = 84.5
| 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
| Jan low F = 43.6
| 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
| Sep low F = 69.5
| Oct low F = 61.3
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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
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| Sep record low F = 44
| Oct record low F = 27
| Nov record low F = 19
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| Mar precipitation inch = 2.47
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.34
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| Jul precipitation inch = 3.16
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| May precipitation days = 5.9
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| Jul precipitation days = 6.1
| Aug precipitation days = 5.1
| Sep precipitation days = 7.7
| Oct precipitation days = 5.7
| Nov precipitation days = 6.3
| Dec precipitation days = 7.5
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==Demographics==
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|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>
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===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>}}
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As of the [[2020 United States census]],
==Government and infrastructure==
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===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]],
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
[[A. C. Jones High School (Beeville, Texas)|A. C. Jones High School]]
==Library==
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==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
==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
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* [[Curt Walker]], was a professional baseball player who played outfield for the Philadelphia Phillies
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* [[List of municipalities in Texas]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category
* [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]
{{Bee County, Texas}}
{{Texas county seats}}
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[[Category:Cities in Texas]]
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