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The Texas Ninth Court of Appeals is located in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Beaumont. [152] The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) operates the Beaumont District Parole Office in Beaumont. [153] The Texas Department of Corrections operates three facilities of various custody types in unincorporated areas of Jefferson County, with ...
The Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area is a three-county region in Southeast Texas. The metropolitan area shares borders with the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area to the west and the Lake Charles metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Louisiana to the east. The area is also known as the Golden Triangle.
This was organized as a county in 1837 after Texas achieved independence as a republic. [4] [5] It was named by European-American settlers for U.S. president Thomas Jefferson. [5] Texas later became part of the US. Jefferson County is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area and has the highest population of the four ...
On April 17, 2013, an explosion and fire at ExxonMobil's Beaumont, Texas refinery injured at least 12 people and killed two. [21] The incident was caused by a hydrotreater heat exchanger, releasing hydrocarbons that ignited. Following the event, multiple negligence-based personal injury lawsuits were filed.
The Beaumont Commercial District is located in Downtown Beaumont, Texas.The district consists of various styles of buildings, including 6 highrises built before 1932. The district is registered on the National Register of Historic Places as a U.S. Historic District.
U.S. Route 69 (US 69) is a north–south United States highway that runs from Port Arthur, Texas to Albert Lea, Minnesota. In Texas, US 69 runs from Port Arthur near the Gulf of Mexico to the Texas–Oklahoma state line just north of Denison.
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 of government and business for the region. Downtown Beaumont is currently experiencing a renaissance, with streets, sidewalks and historic buildings receiving significant attention.
On February 11, 1937, the section from Moss Hill to Beaumont was restored (but not Cleveland to Rye, so a gap was created). [7] On February 25, 1937, SH 105 Loop was designated through Conroe. [ 8 ] On June 21, 1938, the Cleveland-Neville's Ferry Road from Cleveland to Rye had its routing approved, and construction started on it. [ 9 ]