Established 1824 · Bellhaven, Texas
Bellhaven, Texas · Est. 1824
Every town is its people. Here are some of ours.
Bellhaven has always been a town of characters. Not in the eccentric sense — though we have a few of those too — but in the sense that every person here has a life worth knowing about.
Select any citizen to read their full story.
Mayor of Bellhaven
16 years in office
Tom Aldridge has been mayor for sixteen years. He ran unopposed the last three times, not because no one could challenge him, but because no one wanted to. He knows every family in town by name, every street by memory, and every problem before it becomes one.
Bellhaven doesn't need managing. It needs tending.
Town Librarian
Since 1994
Margaret came to Bellhaven for a summer job in 1994 and never left. The library has tripled in size since she arrived. She runs a Tuesday story hour that adults attend just as often as children.
Every book in here is a door. I just help people find the right one.
Owner, Beaumont's Hardware
Since 1887 (family)
Earl is the fourth Beaumont to run the hardware store on Elm Street. He opens at seven, closes at five, and has never once turned away a customer who needed help, whether or not they were buying anything.
If you leave here without what you need, that's on me.
Proprietress, The Bellhaven Inn
Thirty-two years
Dottie bought the inn with her late husband Frank in 1994. She's kept every guest book since opening day. She says she can tell within five minutes whether a guest will come back. She's rarely wrong.
A stranger is just a neighbor who hasn't stayed yet.
Editor, The Bellhaven Gazette
Editor since 1995
Edmund has written more words about Bellhaven than anyone alive. He covers everything from town council votes to the annual pie contest with equal seriousness. He believes local news is the most important news there is.
If it matters to Bellhaven, it matters.
Staff Reporter, The Bellhaven Gazette
Since 2019
Clara grew up in Bellhaven, left for college, and came back. She covers community events, human interest stories, and anything Edmund doesn't want to write himself, which is most things involving technology.
The best stories are the ones people almost didn't tell me.