Bebe, Texas

Bebe is an unincorporated community in Gonzales County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 52 in 2000.[1]

History

A post office called Bebe was established in 1900, and remained in operation until 2002.[2] The community was named after the brand-name Beebee baking powder.[3]

Notable economic activity is indicated to have existed in Bebe as late as 1985; photographic documentation and interview detailed a citizen at a local convenience store, who claimed to hold keys to “every gate and door in the area.”[4]

References
  1. "Bebe, Texas". The Handbook of Texas online. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. "Gonzales County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  3. Tarpley, Fred (5 July 2010). 1001 Texas Place Names. University of Texas Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-292-78693-6.
  4. The New Yorker: ...“Bebe, Texas,” 1985...a woman with a coiffed sixties beehive stands at a convenience-store counter before her bottle collection and keys that open “every gate and door in the area,”...



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