Bellville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Austin County. The city's population was 4,206 at the 2020 census. Bellville is on the eastern edge of the Texas-German belt, and Bellville is known for its German culture and descendants of those Germans still call Bellville home.
State Highway 36 and State Highway 159 intersect at Bellville, as do FM 529, FM 1456, and FM 2429.
History
Bellville was named for Thomas B. Bell, one of Stephen F. Austin's earliest colonists, after his brother and he donated land for the new county seat established by voters in 1846. San Felipe had been the county seat before the war for independence.
From 1860 to 1869, The Bellville Countryman served as Bellville's newspaper, and was published by John Patterson Osterhout.
Geography
Bellville is located in Northern Austin County. According to the United States Census Bureau, Bellville has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
{| class="wikitable"
|+Bellville racial composition as of 2020<br /> (NH = Non-Hispanic)
!RaceC
!Number
!Percentage
|-
|White (NH)
|2,709
|64.41%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|476
|11.32%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|17
|0.4%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|44
|1.05%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|11
|0.26%
|-
|Mixed/multiracial (NH)
|97
|2.31%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|852
|20.26%
|-
|Total
|4,206
|
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Bellville had a population of 4,206, 1,729 households, and 923 families residing in the city. The median age was 40.7 years, 23.9% of residents were under the age of 18, and 21.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 82.9 males age 18 and over.
0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,729 households in Bellville, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 41.4% were married-couple households, 18.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 35.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
! Race !! Percent
|-
| White || 68.9%
|-
| Black or African American || 11.6%
|-
| American Indian and Alaska Native || 0.7%
|-
| Asian || 1.0%
|-
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0%
|-
| Some other race || 7.2%
|-
| Two or more races || 10.4%
|-
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 20.3%
|}
2000 census
As of the census