In Fort Bend County southwest of the Houston, Texas metropolitan area, Beasley is on the Southern Pacific Railroad and US 59, eleven miles southwest of Richmond.
In 1930 the Beasley schools served 252 white pupils and thirty-two black pupils. The population remained static at 350 until the 1940s, when Beasley had seven churches. The town's population fell to 300 in 1949 and 175 in 1960 but began to revive in the 1960s to reach 275 in 1968, 447 in 1980, and 485 in 1990. The community incorporated in 1970.
