Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city and county seat of Jefferson County in U.S. state of Texas within the Beaumont?Port Arthur metropolitan area. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 113,866. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the Gulf Coast.

Points of interest

• Beaumont Botanical Gardens
• Beaumont's Sister City in Japan Beppu, Oita
• Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum
• Lamar University
• Thomas Alva Edison Museum
• John Jay French Museum
• Babe Didrikson Zaharias Museum
• Texas Fire Museum - claimed to be home of world's largest fire hydrant
• Crockett Street Entertainment Complex
• Dishman Art Gallery
• Julie Rogers Theater