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Bedias’ post office opened in 1867, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

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When was Bedias founded?

1867

The Bedias post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name. Wikidata gives 2003.

2020 census: 361159 years
Founding year: the first Bedias post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Wikidata: 2003.

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Bedias, in brief

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Bedias ( BEE-dysse) is a city in Grimes County, Texas, United States at the intersection of State Highway 90 and Farm Roads 1696 and 2620, 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Navasota in northeastern Grimes County. It was incorporated as a city in 2003 and had a population of 361 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1867. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 443 to 361 (-19%).

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

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Famous people close to Bedias

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Tiffany ThorntonAmerican actress · b. 1986
Raini RodriguezAmerican actress and singer · b. 1993
Alex CarusoAmerican basketball player · b. 1994
Lightnin' HopkinsAmerican country blues singer, songwriter and g… · b. 1912
Steve ForrestAmerican actor · b. 1925
Albert CollinsAmerican blues musician, recording artist, song… · b. 1932

Questions about Bedias’ history

What year was Bedias founded?

The Bedias post office opened in 1867, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records). Wikidata gives 2003.

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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 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.