Bebe, Texas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bebe is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States.

According to the Handbook of Texas, the community proper had an estimated population of 52 in 2000;[1] however, its rural environs are rated at 1,240 residents.[2]

It formerly had a set of local schools and other services in the early 20th-century.[3]

Services[]

As of 2020, by way of federal funding through a "General Land Office grant," a Bebe water facility will be supplemented by an emergency generator. It will allow water to be supplied in the area without immediate power, in cases of an outage. Originally, the generator was intended to be constructed eastward in Wrightsboro but was moved to Bebe. It will serve 1,240 residents in the general area.[2]

History[]

A post office called Bebe was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 2002.[4] The community was named after the brand-name Beebee baking powder.[5]

Notable economic activity is indicated to have existed in Bebe as late as 1985; photographic documentation and interview detailed a citizen at a local convenience store, who claimed to hold keys to “every gate and door in the area.”[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bebe, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. ^ a b "Sites of well water generators to be changed". The Gonzales Inquirer. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Jerry Wayne Oakes". Gonzales Inquirer. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Gonzales County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  5. ^ Tarpley, Fred (5 July 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.
  6. ^ The New Yorker: ...“Bebe, Texas,” 1985...a woman with a coiffed sixties beehive stands at a convenience-store counter before her bottle collection and keys that open “every gate and door in the area,”...

External links[]

Coordinates: 29°24′55″N 97°38′14″W / 29.41528°N 97.63722°W / 29.41528; -97.63722


Stub icon

This article about a location in Gonzales County, Texas is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""