Beans, Texas

Beans (also known as Beans Place, Beans Community, Cross, and Horger)^[1] is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Texas, United States.^[2] Beans is located on the west side of the Angelina River 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Jasper. The community was founded in 1904 by Ira S. Bean, who initially named its post office Horger for John Miller Horger. In 1925, the Post Office Department established a new post office for Bean's Place to avoid confusion with the towns of Borger and Spurger; however, the Horger post office did not close until 1929. Beans had a population of 25 through 1944 and was marked on highway maps as Beans Community through the 1980s.^[1] From 1970 to 1979, Beans was served by a spur route of Texas Recreational Road 255.^[3][4]

References

1. Kleiner, Diana J. "Beans Place, TX". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
2. "Beans". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
3. "Highway Designation File: Farm to Market Road No. 255". Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.
4. "Highway Designation File: Recreational Road No. 255". Texas Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2012.

Coordinates: 31°00′22″N 94°10′59″W / 31.00611°N 94.18306°W