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History · Beaumont

Beaumont’s post office opened in 1902

Most of Beaumont was built recently: 7% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2000. Below: maps from 1947 on and the census since 1960.

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Quick answers

How Beaumont began

When was Beaumont founded?

1902

The Beaumont post office opened in 1902, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 926 in 19602020 census: 669124 years
Founding year: the first Beaumont post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

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 writtenNo old photos of Beaumont are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 1,112 in 1980; 669 people lived here in 2020.
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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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People over time

Beaumont, census by census

02004006008001,0001,2001960198020002020Peak: 1,112

Peaked at 1,112 in 1980; 669 people lived here in 2020.

7 censuses, 1960–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Beaumont’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Beaumont, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Beaumont yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Beaumont is a town in Perry County, Mississippi. It is part of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi Metropolitan Statistical Area, and located on the edge of the De Soto National Forest. As of the 2020 census, Beaumont had a population of 669.

Its first post office opened in 1902. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 951 to 669 (-30%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Beaumont, 1902 to 1986

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 20th century
  2. 1902Post officeThe Beaumont post office opens
  3. 1947On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  4. 1980CensusPopulation peaks at 1,112
  5. 1986Born hereTristan Jackson is born here
  6. 1986Born hereBrandon Sumrall is born here
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Beaumont on the map, 1947 to 2000

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 1947 USGS mapBeaumont on the 1982 USGS mapBeaumont on the 2000 USGS map1947Beaumont sheet · 1:62,500

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

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Beaumont

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Tristan JacksonPlayer of American and Canadian football · b. 1986
Brandon SumrallPlayer of American football · b. 1986
Places that used to be

Old corners and burying grounds

Beaumont’s post office has been open since 1902.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Hercules Station
1cemetery inside Beaumont
Belton

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Beaumont’s history

What year was Beaumont founded?

The Beaumont post office opened in 1902, 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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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 Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.