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History · Beasley

Beasley’s post office opened in 1898

Most of Beasley was built recently: 3% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1985. Below: 6 old photos and papers, maps from 1950 on, and the census since 1980.

1898first post office
0on the National Register
3%homes built before 1940
6old photos & papers
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From Beasley’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Beasley began

When was Beasley founded?

1898

The Beasley post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 410 in 19802020 census: 608128 years
Founding year: the first Beasley post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Beasley’s past

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

Mystery photos6 old photos have no date. Neighbors can guess the decade.
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Start Beasley’s collection

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

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The story so far

Beasley, in brief

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

Beasley is a city in Fort Bend County, Texas, United States, within the Houston–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, Beasley had a population of 608. 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 tracks run parallel with Loop 540.

Its first post office opened in 1898. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 641 to 608 (-5%).

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

By decade

Beasley, decade by decade

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Beasley TX US 59 at FM 3602013Beasley TX US 59 at FM 360Beasley TX Loop 540 Sign2013Beasley TX Loop 540 SignBeasley TX Loop 540 FM 18752013Beasley TX Loop 540 FM 1875Beasley TX Hope Lutheran Historic Marker2013Beasley TX Hope Lutheran Historic MarkerBeasley TX Hope Lutheran Church2013Beasley TX Hope Lutheran ChurchBeasley TX Grain Storage on Loop 5402013Beasley TX Grain Storage on Loop 540
On the map

Beasley on the map, 1950 to 1981

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

Beasley on the 1950 USGS mapBeasley on the 1975 USGS mapBeasley on the 1981 USGS map1950Houston sheet · 1:250,000

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

Then & now

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People over time

Beasley, census by census

0100200300400500600700198020002020Peak: 641

Between 410 and 641 people in every census since 1980.

5 censuses, 1980–2020.

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Beasley

Nobody well known was born in Beasley itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Renée ZellwegerAmerican actress · b. 1969
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Dan RatherAmerican broadcast journalist · b. 1931
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Horton FooteAmerican playwright and screenwriter · b. 1916
Andy DaltonAmerican football player · b. 1987
Dobie GrayAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1940
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Brittney KarbowskiAmerican actress · b. 1986

Questions about Beasley’s history

What year was Beasley founded?

The Beasley post office opened in 1898, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 (12), 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.