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Beasley is a small city in Fort Bend County, Texas, within the Houston-Sugar Land metropolitan area, located on U.S. Highway 59 about eleven miles southwest of Richmond.

Beasley was laid out in the mid-1890s on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway by Cecil A. Beasley, a Richmond banker, who first called the town Dyer in honor of Isabel Dyer, who later became Mrs. Beasley.

By 1914 Beasley had a population of 325, with Baptist and Lutheran churches, a bank, a hotel, a lumber company, two cotton gins, three general stores, and telephone service.

Beasley's population shrank to just 175 by 1960 before reviving with Houston-area growth, and the community incorporated in 1970.

As of the 2020 census, Beasley had a population of 608, making it one of the smallest incorporated cities in fast-growing Fort Bend County.

Beasley's 608 residents lived in 208 households in 2020, and about 65.9% of its occupied homes were owner-occupied.

About 56.7% of Beasley's residents were Hispanic or Latino in the 2020 census, reflecting the town's changing demographics since 2000.

Beasley students are zoned to the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, attending Beasley Elementary School - which first opened in 1902 with just eight students - and B. F. Terry High School.

The largest employer in the Beasley area is Hudson Products Corporation, which established manufacturing operations in 1973 on approximately 260 acres two miles west of town.

The headquarters of the Malankara Orthodox Diocese of Southwest America are located in unincorporated Fort Bend County with a Beasley postal address.