Bee Caves, Texas
Location: 12 Miles West of Austin

Named by early settlers for a large cave of wild bees found near the site. A post office opened there in 1870 with Martin V. Lackey as postmaster. By 1871 Wiley Johnson was operating a trading post at the settlement. In the mid-1880s the Bee Caves community had a steam gristmill, a cotton gin, a general store, a church, a school, and twenty residents. The population fell to ten in the early 1890s but rose to fifty-four by 1914. The post office at Bee Caves was discontinued in 1915, and mail for the community was sent to Cedar Valley. The Bee Caves school was consolidated with the Teck common school district in the 1940s and with the Dripping Springs Independent School District in Hays County in 1951. The population was reported at fifty from the 1940s through the 1980s. In 1990 it was 241, and it grew to 656 in 2000. It now is home to over 1500 residents.

Quick Facts  [click here]

• Area Code: 512
• Zip Code: 78736
• County: Travis
• Population: 1,700
• Mayor: Caroline Murphy

Census Information  [click here]

Population

Ethnic Breakdown

• White Non-Hispanic (90.1%)
• Hispanic (7.6%)
• Two or more races (2.0%)
• American Indian (2.0%)
• Other race (3.5%)
• Median resident age: 35.9 years
• Median household income: $120,871 (year 2000)
• Median house value: $470,000 (year 2000)