Welcome to Bevilport ...

Bevilport is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Bevilport is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bevilport, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Bevilport is 90 feet [27 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Bevilport lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Bevilport: 409

Communities near Bevilport ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bevilport.

• Jasper
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jasper is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <3>
• Woodville
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Woodville is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,442 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodville <3>
• Colmesneil
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Colmesneil is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colmesneil
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 588 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colmesneil <3>
• Browndell
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Browndell is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Browndell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
• Beech Grove
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Beech Grove is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beech Grove
• Town Bluff
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Town Bluff is located in Tyler County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Town Bluff
• Harveytown
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Harveytown is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harveytown
• Parker Point
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Parker Point is located in Angelina County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parker Point
• Sam Rayburn
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Sam Rayburn is located in Jasper County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sam Rayburn
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sam Rayburn <3>
• Powell
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Powell is located in San Augustine County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bevilport. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bevilport.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bevilport. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bevilport.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bevilport. See our Newspapers Page for Bevilport.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bevilport ...

Looking for more information about Bevilport? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Bevilport, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Bevilport.

Adding Bevilport to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bevilport in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Bevilport was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Bevilport post office opened in 1854. The Bevilport post office closed in 1899.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bevilport.