Beeville is a city in Bee County, Texas, United States. Its population of 13,543 at the 2020 census makes it the 207th-largest city in Texas. It is the county seat of Bee County and home to the main campus of Coastal Bend College. The area around the city contains three prisons operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Historic downtown Beeville showing the Rialto Theater
A contemporary newspaper article reporting on the Alfred Irving case (October 2, 1942 - The Brownsville Herald)
Beeville calls itself "A Honey of a Town", referencing its name.
Cattle grazing on ranch lands between Beeville and Goliad, Texas
Bee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in South Texas and its county seat is Beeville. As of the 2020 census, its population was 31,047. The Beeville, TX micropolitan statistical area includes all of Bee County. The county was founded December 8, 1857, and organized the next year. It is named for Barnard E. Bee, Sr., a secretary of state of the Republic of Texas.
The Bee County Courthouse in Beeville was built in 1913.
The Joe Barnhart Bee County Library is located in downtown Beeville across the street from the courthouse.
The Bee County Courthouse in Beeville was designed by architect W.C. Stephenson, formerly of Buffalo, New York
