Beach City, Texas
Beach City fronts the waters of Galveston Bay in Chambers County, roughly 30 miles north of Galveston and 31 miles east of Houston. It is a low-lying, largely residential community set among coastal prairie, marshland, and waterfront property along the bay shore.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 3,438
- Change from 2020 base
- +6.5%
- Land area
- 4.5 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Chambers County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Chambers County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Beach City
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Beach City.
County history
Anahuac Was Not Always the County Seat
Chambers County was formed in 1858 with Wallisville as its county seat. By 1908, Anahuac supporters won a lawsuit to move the seat there, and the courthouse has been in Anahuac ever since.
Property tax
Homestead Exemption Cuts Your School Tax Bill
Texas law requires school districts to subtract $140,000 from the appraised value of your primary home before figuring school taxes, but you have to apply at the Chambers County Appraisal District to claim it.
Early history
A Spanish Mission Once Stood Near Present-Day Wallisville
Spain built a mission near what is now Wallisville in 1756. Before that, the area was home to Karankawa, Coapite, and Copane peoples.
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