History of Behamon, Angelina County


By: Claudia Hazlewood

Published: 1952

Updated: November 1, 1994

Behamon was near the Trinity River in southern Angelina County. The settlement was named for Frank Behamon, who moved to the area in the 1870s. Some lumbering was done there before 1900. In the early 1990s only a few scattered houses remained in the area.

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Angelina County Historical Survey Committee, Land of the Little Angel: A History of Angelina County, Texas, ed. Bob Bowman (Lufkin, Texas: Lufkin Printing, 1976).

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The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this entry.

Claudia Hazlewood, “Behamon, TX,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/behamon-tx.

Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

TID: HVB28

1952
November 1, 1994

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Place
Behamon
Currently Exists
No
Place Type
Town
Town Fields
  • Has post office: No
  • Is Incorporated: No
Belongs to
  • Angelina County

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