Official Name: | Fannett, Texas |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Texas#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fannett |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Texas |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jefferson |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 25.6 |
Area Land Km2: | 25.4 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.2 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2363 |
Population Density Km2: | 88.7 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 20 |
Coordinates: | 29.9258°N -94.2506°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 77705 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 48-25404 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1357219 |
Fannett is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,363 at the 2020 census.[1] It is about southwest of Beaumont and is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area.
The community is named after B. J. Fannett, a local landowner who opened a general store there in the 1890s. When Japanese immigrants brought rice farming to the area, Fannett grew to meet the farmers' needs.
Although oil has been discovered near Fannett, the town's population has remained small.
In 1993 and again in 2004, Fannett was the center of a controversy over the naming of Jap Road (now Boondocks Road). The road had been named in the early 20th century in reference to the immigrant rice farmer Yoshio Mayumi. However, as social awareness increased over time, it became clear that the name was never meant to honor Mayumi and had always been an ethnic slur. Instead of naming the road after Mayumi, it was decided to change the name to Boondocks Road.
Fannett is home to the Clifton Steamboat Museum, which features a large exhibit on Lieutenant Commander Harry Brinkley Bass (after whom the United States Navy destroyer was named).
White (NH) | 1,785 | 75.54% | |
Black or African American (NH) | 161 | 6.81% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 1 | 0.04% | |
Asian (NH) | 68 | 2.88% | |
Pacific Islander (NH) | 3 | 0.13% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 2 | 0.08% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 83 | 3.51% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 260 | 11.0% | |
Total | 2,363 |
In 1961, the Fannett Independent School District was combined with that of neighboring Hamshire, forming the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District.
Hamshire-Fannett ISD is assigned to Galveston College in Galveston.[3]