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A town settled in 1900, now home to 357 people.
100% of households are owner-occupiers in Deweyville, above both Texas’ towns (69%) and U.S. towns (73%). Deweyville Swing Bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places. Deweyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
1,023 counted in 2010 and 571 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Census counts: 1,171 in 1980, 571 in 2020. The archive holds 4 maps from 1947 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Deweyville is unincorporated, so Newton County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Deweyville.
The top destinations are Orange (14%), Beaumont (12%) and Forest Heights (7%). Just 1% of Deweyville’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs in Deweyville grew by 43 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 47. Half the trips to work are shorter than 27 miles.
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Deweyville’s natural-hazard score from FEMA stands at 70 of 100. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Deweyville after 6 declared disasters, most recently in 2024. FEMA puts 40% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 32% to hurricanes.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Deweyville, just over a third of adults get no exercise outside work. The town beats the Texas average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 17. Among adults here, 19% report frequent physical distress and 43% have high blood pressure.
| Deweyville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Deweyville | TX |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 14.7% | 19.1% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 13.9% | 16.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.2% | 5.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Deweyville. Close and well known come first.
26 mi LandmarkSpindletop
19 mi National PreserveBig Thicket National Preserve228K visitors a year26 mi MuseumSpindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
24 mi MuseumEdison Museum
25 mi MuseumBabe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center14 mi MuseumStark Museum of ArtSpindletop: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Thicket National Preserve: NPS, Public domain · Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum: i_am_jim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison Museum: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0 · Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum & Visitor Center: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Deweyville
About 0 of every 100 Deweyville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
CDP in Texas, United States
Deweyville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Newton County, on the central eastern border of Texas, United States. The population was 571 according to the 2020 census, having gone down from 1,023 since the 2010 census.
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Deweyville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
