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    Beaumont is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the seat of government of Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical...
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    Penitentiary, Beaumont (USP Beaumont) is a high security United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas. It is part...
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    County, Texas, United States. This town is 21 miles (34 km) north of Beaumont. The population was 6,935 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beaumont–Port...
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    Beaumont High School was a public, co-educational secondary school in the Beaumont Independent School District in Beaumont, Texas from 1898 to 1975. In...
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  • The Climate of Beaumont, Texas covers the averages and extremes in past weather seen within the city of Beaumont, Texas. The city is within the humid subtropical...
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    The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area is a three-county region in Southeast Texas. The metropolitan area shares borders with the Houston–The...
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  • The ExxonMobil Refinery in Beaumont, Texas was built along the banks of the Neches River in 1903. The refinery is currently one of the largest in the...
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    As of 31 December 2014[update], her homeport is the Port of Beaumont in Beaumont, Texas, and she is on ROS-5 status; she is able to be fully operational...
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  • The Beaumont Enterprise is a newspaper of Hearst Communications, headquartered in Beaumont, Texas. It has been in operation since 1880. John W. Leonard...
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    century that began with the discovery of a large petroleum reserve near Beaumont, Texas. The find was unprecedented in its size (worldwide) and ushered in...
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  • located in what would become Beaumont, Texas, and another near the future Sour Lake, Texas.[citation needed] After the Texas Revolution, where he served...
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    Port Arthur is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, 90 mi (140 km) east of Houston. Part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, Port Arthur lies...
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    to the east. Being a part of East Texas, the region is geographically centered on the Greater Houston and Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical...
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  • The Beaumont Renegades are a professional indoor football team based in Beaumont, Texas. They are slated to play their home games at the Ford Arena, located...
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    Stand cook in Beaumont, Texas, claimed he created the idea of grilling the bread. W.W.W. Cross is also credited for combining the Texas toast with chicken...
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  • Texas Wildcatters, who took their name from Texas wildcatters, were a professional minor league ice hockey team in the ECHL based in Beaumont, Texas....
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    Institution, Beaumont (FCI Beaumont) is a United States federal prison for male inmates in unincorporated Jefferson County, Texas. It is part of the Beaumont Federal...
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  • Downtown Beaumont is the central business district of Beaumont, Texas. It is where the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center...
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    located in Beaumont, Texas. In 1946, the US Government excavated 24 million cubic yards of soil from the Neches River, southeast of Beaumont, to create...
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    Beaumont station is an Amtrak station in Beaumont, Texas, served by the Sunset Limited. The current station building and adjacent police substation were...
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    Beaumont Independent School District is a U.S. public school district serving Beaumont in Southeast Texas. The district originated in the annexation of...
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  • Temple Emanuel is a Reform Jewish synagogue located at 1120 Broadway in Beaumont, Texas, in the United States. The congregation was founded in September 1895...
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    The Big Bopper (category Musicians from Beaumont, Texas)
    and James (1932–2010). The family soon moved to Beaumont, Texas. Richardson graduated from Beaumont High School in 1947 and played on the "Royal Purple"...
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    Janis Joplin (category Musicians from Beaumont, Texas)
    attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas, during the summer and later the University of Texas at Austin (UT), though she did not complete...
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    Southeast Texas. The Neches River forms its northeastern boundary. As of the 2020 census, the population was 256,526. The county seat is Beaumont. Jefferson...
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    Building is a four-story Sullivanesque style building in downtown Beaumont, Texas. It was built in 1902 for John N. Gilbert by renowned Galveston architect...
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  • The South Texas State Fair is an annual regional state fair held in Beaumont, Texas. The fair features a livestock show, a commercial exhibition, and...
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    Roger Mobley (category People from Beaumont, Texas)
    Company) during the Vietnam War, and was subsequently a police officer in Beaumont, Texas. Mobley is one of eight children of Arthur Lance Mobley and Charlene...
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  • Tiffany Derry (category People from Beaumont, Texas)
    and Hungry Investors (Spike TV). She is based in Dallas, Texas. Derry was born in Beaumont, Texas. She is African American. Derry graduated from The Art...
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