Beasley is a city in
Fort Bend County
Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days.
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,
Texas
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, United States, within the
Houston–Sugar Land metropolitan area. The city's population was 641 at the 2010 census,
up from 590 at the 2000 census.
State Highway Loop 540 goes straight through the city from the northeast to the southwest while
U.S. Route 59, the Southwest Freeway, passes to the south of Beasley. The
Union Pacific Railroad
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tracks run parallel with Loop 540.
Geography
Beasley is located in west-central Fort Bend County at (29.496435, –95.917297).
US 59 leads northeast to
Sugar Land
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and to the center of
Houston
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, while in the other direction leading southwest to
Victoria
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.
Rosenberg is to the northeast via US 59 and
Texas State Highway Spur 529.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, Beasley has a total area of , of which , or 0.25%, is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 590 people, 216 households, and 155 families residing in the city. The
population density
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was 587.9 people per square mile (227.8/km
2). There were 232 housing units at an average density of 231.2 per square mile (89.6/km
2). The racial makeup of the city was 77.97%
White
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, 6.61%
African American
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, 12.71% from
other races
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, and 2.71% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 30.68% of the population.
There were 216 households, out of which 35.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were
married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.28.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 11.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $35,000, and the median income for a family was $47,625. Males had a median income of $30,139 versus $29,107 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $14,984. About 5.7% of families and 16.2% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 24.1% of those age 65 or over.
Government and infrastructure
The
United States Postal Service
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Beasley Post Office is located at 7031 Loop 540.
Kansas City Southern and
CenterPoint Properties jointly own the 689-acre CenterPoint Intermodal Center-Houston Metro (CIC-HM), which opened in 2009.
Fort Bend County does not have a
hospital district
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.
OakBend Medical Center serves as the county's
charity hospital
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which the county contracts with.
Economy
The largest employer in the Beasley area is Hudson Products Corporation, which established manufacturing operations in 1973 on approximately 260 acres located 2 miles west of Beasley.
Education
Residents are zoned to
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, also Lamar Consolidated ISD, Lamar CISD or LCISD, is a public school district in the U.S. state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Metropolitan Area.
Lamar CISD includes almo ...
.
Residents are zoned to:
* Beasley Elementary School
** it has about 450 students. Beasley Elementary opened in 1902, with eight students. The parent teacher organization opened in 1918. The school became a part of LCISD in 1947. The building presently in use opened in 1985.
* Navarro Middle School
* George Junior High School
*
B. F. Terry High School
B. F. Terry High School is located in Rosenberg, Texas, United States, and is part of the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District.
Terry serves all of Beasley, and serves parts of Rosenberg, and the unincorporated communities of Booth a ...
The designated community college for LCISD is
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) is a public community college with its main campus in Wharton, Texas. The college also has campuses in Richmond, Sugar Land, and Bay City. WCJC is accredited by the Southern Association of Colle ...
.
Texas Education Code Sec. 130.211. WHARTON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICT SERVICE AREA.
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Gallery
File:BeasleyCityHallTX.jpg, Beasley City Hall
File:BeasleyFireStation.jpg, Beasley Fire Station
File:GeorgePavilionBeasley.jpg, George Pavilion
File:BeasleyESTX.jpg, Beasley Elementary School
File:BeasleyTXPostOffice.jpg, Beasley Post Office
File:Beasley TX Grain Storage on Loop 540.JPG, Grain storage buildings on Loop 540
File:Beasley TX Hope Lutheran Church.JPG, Hope Lutheran Church at 3rd St and Avenue C
File:Beasley TX Hope Lutheran Historic Marker.JPG, State Historical Marker at Hope Lutheran
File:Beasley TX Loop 540 Sign.JPG, View northeast toward town on Loop 540 near US 59
References
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Cities in Texas
Cities in Fort Bend County, Texas
Greater Houston