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History · Beaumont

Beaumont’s post office opened in 1880, and 43% of its homes were built before 1940

3 places in town are on the National Register. Below: 1 old photo or paper and maps from 1888 on.

1880first post office
3on the National Register
43%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Beaumont’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Beaumont began

When was Beaumont founded?

1880

The Beaumont post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 36146 years
Founding year: the first Beaumont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Beaumont’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18884 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1990. Watch Beaumont change.
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Start Beaumont’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Beaumont’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewBeaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Rail…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Beaumont on the map, 1888 to 1990

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Beaumont. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Beaumont on the 1888 USGS mapBeaumont on the 1964 USGS mapBeaumont on the 1985 USGS mapBeaumont on the 1990 USGS map1888Eldorado sheet · 1:125,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Beaumont.

The story

How Beaumont came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Beaumont.

Read it all →

The surrounding area is farmland, settled by ranchers and farmers before the Civil War. Homesteaders from Missouri, Iowa, Tennessee and other eastern states came because of an abundance of cheap land.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Beaumont, decade by decade

Date unknown1 to date
Beaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Water Tank, Third & D StreetsDate?Beaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Water Tan…
Today3 recent
Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Retention Pond2026Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Retenti…Beaumont Hotel2026Beaumont HotelBeaumont Kansas Water Tower2012Beaumont Kansas Water Tower
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Beaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Water Tank, Third & D Streets
Retake this viewBeaumont St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Water Tank, Third & D Streets

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Beaumont’s page.

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Beaumont

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
3
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
3
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Glencoe Township3 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townOtter Creek Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townHickory TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Beaumont’s history

What year was Beaumont founded?

The Beaumont post office opened in 1880, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia and U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.