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We would like to provide the residents of  Fannett  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Fannett Home page. The Fannett Home page provides as much information as possible on Fannett. Knowing Fannett’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Fannett’s Home page, you will also find Fannett’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Fannett has a population of 2176. 49.9% of Fannett’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.1 are female. 62.3% of Fannett is married and 85.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $220,111, and the average rent is $625. Household median income in Fannett is $79,095, and the individual median income is $32,319. Fannett’s Ethnic is the following: White(80.2%), Hispanic(19.8%), Black(10.8%), Asian(5.3%), Multiple(3.6%).


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. It is about 15 miles (24 km) 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 to honor immigrant rice farmer Yoshio Mayumi. However, the meaning of the word "Jap" had changed over time, transforming an honor into an ethnic slur.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 USS Brinkley Bass was named).


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