Beaumont, Texas
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| City of Beaumont | |
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| Location in the state of Texas | |
| Coordinates: 30°04′48″N 94°07′36″W / 30.08000°N 94.12667°WCoordinates: 30°04′48″N 94°07′36″W / 30.08000°N 94.12667°W{{#coordinates:30|04|48|N|94|07|36|W|region:US_type:city
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| Country | Template:Country data US United States |
| State | 22x20pxTexas |
| County | Jefferson |
| Settled | 1835 |
| Incorporation | 1838 |
| Gentilic | Beaumonter |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Becky Ames Dr. Alan B. Coleman W. L. Pate, Jr. Jamie D. Smith Audwin M. Samuel Gethrel ‘Get’ Williams-Wright Mike Getz |
| • City Manager | Kyle Hayes |
| Area | |
| • Total | 85.9 sq mi (222.6 km2) |
| • Land | 85.0 sq mi (220.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.9 sq mi (2.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 118,296 |
| • Density | 1,339.4/sq mi (517.1/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 77701–77710, 77713, 77720, 77725, 77726 |
| Area code(s) | 409 |
| FIPS code | 48-07000Unknown extension tag "ref" |
| GNIS feature ID | 1330268Unknown extension tag "ref" |
| Website | www.beaumonttexas.gov |
Beaumont (/ˈboʊmɒnt/ Template:Respell) is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States,Unknown extension tag "ref" within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census making it the twenty-fourth most populous city in the state of Texas and the state's largest city east of Houston. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the Gulf Coast.
Lamar University with its 15,000 students is located in Beaumont. The city's daily newspaper is The Beaumont Enterprise, while The Examiner is published weekly.
Gulf States Utilities had its headquarters in Beaumont until its absorption by Entergy Corporation in 1993. GSU's Edison Plaza headquarters is still the tallest building in Beaumont (as of 2011). Since 1907, Beaumont has been home of the South Texas State Fair. In 2004, the venue for the Fair changed to Ford Park, a new, larger facility on the west end of Beaumont.
