Beach City, Texas
| Beach City, Texas | |
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| City | |
 Location of Beach City, Texas |
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| Coordinates: 29°42′9″N 94°51′46″W / 29.70250°N 94.86278°WCoordinates: 29°42′9″N 94°51′46″W / 29.70250°N 94.86278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Chambers |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.5 sq mi (11.6 km2) |
| • Land | 4.5 sq mi (11.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 20 ft (6 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 2,198 |
| • Density | 491/sq mi (189.5/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 48-06200 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1381006 |
| Website | www |
Beach City is a city in Chambers County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,198 at the 2010 census.
Beach City is located in western Chambers County at 29°42′9″N 94°51′46″W / 29.70250°N 94.86278°W (29.702527, -94.862789), extending for 7 miles (11 km) along the northwest shore of Trinity Bay. The city is 9 to 10 miles (14 to 16 km) southeast to east of Baytown.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Beach City has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.6 km2), all of it land.
With the boom economy after World War II, people had time and money for recreation. People from Baytown especially began to take advantage of the drawbridge and built small summer/weekend houses or "fishing camps" along the shoreline of the present Beach City. By the early 1950s, they had nicknamed FM-2354 "Tri-City Beach Road", because the present Baytown resulted from a merger of three smaller towns in 1948.
However, a number who came for recreation decided to stay. By the early 1960s the community commonly called Tri-City Beach had about 500 permanent residents. At that time, the Texas legislature began to consider annexation reform. Previously, Texas municipalities had almost unfettered power to annex adjacent lands. Cities could control vast territories by annexing ten-feet-wide strips surrounding them. During that period, Baytown controlled an area larger than the California city of Los Angeles did. Larger cities could even annex smaller cities, after they had annexed to surround them. Knowing that reform was pending, many cities began a flurry of annexations. Defensively, a number of unincorporated communities began proceedings to incorporate as municipalities. The Tri-City Beach community was one of those.
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