Beauxart Gardens, Texas Explained

Official Name:Beauxart Gardens, Texas
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Texas
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Texas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Jefferson
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1064
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:13
Coordinates:29.9583°N -94.0356°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:2805796

Beauxart Gardens is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Jefferson County, Texas, United States. It is located between U.S. Highway 69, U.S. Highway 96, U.S. Highway 287, and Spur 93. The community is six miles (10 km) southeast of downtown Beaumont and slightly to the west of Southeast Texas Regional Airport. It is across a highway from the unincorporated community of Viterbo. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 1,064.[1]

History

At one time, residents of Nederland and Viterbo used sites in Beauxart Gardens for rice farming. The Federal Government of the United States developed Beauxart Gardens during the Great Depression.[2] The community was named for its location between Beaumont and Port Arthur. The town plat, filed in 1934, was approved by the Resettlement Administration in 1935. The 205acres tract housed 50 families. Each house had three to six rooms and three and one half acres of land; each household was permitted to use the land in any manner. Many of the residents held part-time jobs at refineries. For the remainder of each year, they worked in the Beauxart Gardens government truck farm. On August 10, 1942, a voting precinct was established in the community.

Demographics

Beauxart Gardens first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 U.S. Census.[3]

2020 Census

Beauxart Gardens CDP, Texas – Racial and ethnic composition
!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)!Pop 2020[4] !% 2020
White alone (NH)85280.08%
Black or African American alone (NH)50.47%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)00.00%
Asian alone (NH)171.60%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)00.00%
Other race alone (NH)40.38%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)494.61%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)13712.88%
Total1,064100.00%

Education

The majority of the land is in the Nederland Independent School District; the land extends into the Port Arthur Independent School District.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beauxart Gardens CDP, Texas . United States Census Bureau. April 7, 2022.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214424/http://newdeallegacy.org/table_communities.html . Communities planned and initiated by the Division of Subsistence Homesteads . dead . March 3, 2016 . Complete List of New Deal Communities . National New Deal Preservation Association .
  3. Web site: 2020 Geography Changes. .
  4. Web site: P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Beauxart Gardens CDP, Texas. .
  5. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Jefferson County, TX. U.S. Census Bureau. 2024-09-10.