| Post Office | Zip / * | Established | first precancels Authorized | Discontinued | Notes |
| Medio Hill (1857-1858) | in Goliad County |
| Medio Hill | * | 1/25/1858: HBTO, G&J | | 5/6/1859: G&J | from Goliad County when Bee County organized, first post office in county, name changed to Beeville |
| Beeville-on-the-Medio | community name and legal name of first location to reduce confusion |
| Beeville | | 5/6/1859: Wheat, Schmidt, G&J | | 1860: G&J | named for General Barnard E. Bee, military and political hero of the Texas Revolution and Republic. on Medio Creek, name changed from Medio Hill, first county seat |
| Maryville | when land donated for a new County Seat, community named for Mary Heffernan, the only survivor of a family massacred by Indians in 1853 |
| Beeville-on-the-Poesta | Maryville, 7 miles away on Poesta Creek was soon renamed to distinguish from first location, when voters moved the County Seat and post office here in 1860 from Beeville on Medio Creek (ex Medio Hill) |
| Beeville | | 1860: G&J | | 8/5/1861: Wheat | |
| " | | 8/5/1861: Wheat | | 4/17/1866: Wheat | Confederate administration |
| BEEVILLE | 78102 | 4/17/1866: Wheat | 12'14 | operating | COUNTY SEAT |
| BEEVILLE | 78104 | | | | |
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| Dark Corners | nickname for Blanconia |
| Kymo | alternate community name for Blanconia |
| Lower Medio | alternate community name for Blanconia |
| Pull Tight | nickname for Blanconia |
| Blanconia | * | 1/30/1888: Wheat | | 7/31/1948: Schmidt | town established in 1834 when John and Michael Keeting acquired a half league of land from the state of Coahuila and Texas. This land was in Refugio County until Bee County was established in 1857. named for location near Blanco Creek (Sp: white) discontinued, mail to Beeville |
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| Lapara | alternate community name for Cadiz before PO, perhaps from la parral, Sp: "thicket" or "tangle of vines": HBTO |
| Lebanon | alternate community name for Cadiz: G&J |
| Cadiz | * | 1/30/1888: Wheat | | 7/31/1948: Schmidt | named by a local storeowner, H.V. Howard, for his former home town in Ohio OR by early Spanish settlers in memory of their old world home, discontinued, mail to Beeville |
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| Wolfe's | alternate community name for Caesar |
| Caesar | * | 12/8/1903: Wheat | | 11/15/1934: Schmidt | name selected by the POD from a list of biblical names submitted by the 1st PM and storeowner, discontinued, mail to Kenedy |
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| Cummingsville | pioneer community included in Candlish, where W. D. H. Saunders operated a store at the confluence of Talpacate and Poesta creeks, later Blanco |
| Blanco | previously Cummingsville |
| Medio Hill | alternate community name for nearby Candlish, 1st PO established at Medio Hill in 1857 (see Beeville), especially after Beeville (which was at Medio Hill location) moved with its PO to Poesta Creek |
| Robinson's | pioneer community included in Candlish, settled by J. W. and J. N. Robinson, later known as Medio Hill |
| Upper Medio | pioneer community included in Candlish, where R. E. Nutt settled in 1857 and R. A. Ezell, a gristmill operator, in 1872. |
| Candlish | * | 8/10/1907: Wheat | | 1/31/1930: Wheat | named for William J. Candlish who laid out the town site, discontinued, mail to Berclair |
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| Lomita | alternate community name for Clareville |
| Clareville | * | 12/4/1896: Wheat | | 4/30/1938: Wheat | named for the Clare family who settled there in 1858. discontinued, mail to Beeville |
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| River Side | | 6/1/1860: Wheat | | 7/3/1860: Wheat | named for its location alongside the Aransas River, name changed to Lattington |
| Lattington | | 7/3/1860: Wheat | 3/1/1862: Wheat | named for 1st PM, Parla F. Latting, name changed from River Side |
| " | | 3/1/1862: Wheat | | 11/5/1866: Wheat | Confederate administration, discontinued |
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| Medio | * | 3/18/1884: Wheat | | 10/7/1884: Wheat | named for location near Medio Creek. (Sp: middle) discontinued, mail to Beeville |
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| Mineral City | * | 9/2/1878: Wheat | | 8/7/1895: Wheat | named for an early well in 1873 which produced mineral water, name changed to Mineral. The well was deepened in 1889, destroying the medicinal properties of the water |
| Mineral | * | 8/7/1895: Wheat | 11/30/1965: Schmidt | name changed from Mineral City, became rural station of Kenedy |
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| Butler's | alternate community name in 1883 for Monteola: G&J, THBO |
| Butler's Neighborhood | alternate community name in 1883 for Monteola because L. G. and A. B. Butler operated a ranch nearby. -THBO |
| Monteola | * | 3/9/1907: Wheat | | 3/15/1929: Wheat | named by the owner of the first store and first gin, Mase Lynch, for a traveling salesman named Monty and his wife, Ola. discontinued, mail to Green, Karnes County |
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| Colbay Settlement | alternate community name for Normanna |
| Colony | alternate community name for Normanna |
| Mennonite Colony | alternate community name for Normanna |
| Norwegian Colony | alternate community name for Normanna |
| Walton | alternate community name for Normanna, PO established, but "Walton" previously used elsewhere |
| NORMANNA | 78142 | 4/26/1894: Wheat | none | operating | named by Norwegian settlers, meaning "home of the Norsemen": G&J " or "far north", or "one from the far north":HBTO in hopes of attracting more |
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| Cravenville | alternate community name for Popalote, from 1st PM George O. Craven |
| Popalote | | 2/29/1860: Wheat | | 3/13/1862: Wheat | named for nearby Papalote Creek (Indian: kite) for kite-shaped rocks in creek |
| " | | 3/13/1862: Wheat | | 11/5/1866: Wheat | Confederate administration, discontinued |
| " | * | 4/8/1870: Wheat | | 6/20/1883: Wheat | reestablished, name changed to Papalote |
| Hart's | alternate community name for Papalote |
| Hartville Settlement | alternate community name for Papalote |
| Steenville | alternate community name for Papalote |
| Papalote | | 6/20/1883: Wheat | | 10/15/1923: Wheat | name changed from Popalote, discontinued |
| " | * | 9/1/1926: Wheat | 12/31/1953: Schmidt | reestablished, discontinued, mail to Sinton, San Patricio County |
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| PAWNEE | 78145 | 6/1/1948: Schmidt | none | operating | named for arrowheads in nearby Sulphur Creek, believed to have been crafted by Pawnee Indians:G&J or named for a board inscribed "Pawnee" and nailed to a tree by travelers:HBTO |
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| Dry Medio | alternate community name for Pettus City |
| Pettus City | * | 9/29/1886: Wheat | | 7/6/1896: Wheat | named for John Freeman Pettus, prominent early settler, name changed to Pettus |
| PETTUS | 78146 | 7/6/1896: Wheat | none | operating | |
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| Quanto | | 10/31/1895: Wheat, Schmidt | | 1/21/1896: Wheat, Schmidt | discontinued, never in operation |
| " | * | 5/29/1901: Wheat, Schmidt | 1/11/1902: Wheat, Schmidt | discontinued, never in operation |
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| Quincy | * | 3/10/1892: Wheat | | 9/15/1899: Wheat | named for location on the John Quincy Ranch, discontinued, papers to Blanconia |
| Little Quincy | nickname for Quincy in 1970s |
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| Roundtree | * | 10/26/1912: Wheat | | 11/15/1913: Wheat | probably named for a local family, discontinued, mail to Clareville |
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| San Domingo | | 4/13/1860: Wheat | | 1/23/1867: Wheat | named for location near San Domingo Creek, Confederate administration, but not listed as such in Wheat and Schmidt, discontinued |
| " | | 10/2/1872: Wheat | | 8/3/1874: Wheat | reestablished, discontinued |
| " | * | 3/21/1878: Wheat | 12/28/1882: Wheat | reestablished, discontinued, mail to Beeville |
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| Skidmore Station | alternate community name for Aransas/Skidmore |
| Aransas | * | 8/30/1870: Wheat | | 5/19/1887: Wheat | The mail route was merely a dim trail until the 2nd PM (William R. Hayes) in 1880 dragged a heavy log with two yokes of oxen from his office to Papalote ten miles distant. -G&J, name changed to Skidmore |
| SKIDMORE | 78389 | 6/2/1887: G&J or 5/19/1887: Wheat, Schmidt | 11'37 | operating | named for a pioneer family which ultimately donated the townsite and right-of-way to the San Antonio & Aransas Pass RR, name changed from Aransas |
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| TULETA | 78162 | 9/14/1907; Wheat | none | operating | named by Mennonite minister and town founder Peter Unzicker, for the daughter of J. M. Chittum, rancher from whom he purchased the townsite |
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| Tulsa | alternate community name for Tulseta/Tulsita, proposed PO name rejected |
| Tulseta: Wheat or Tulsita: Schmidt, G&J, HBTO | * | 4/15/1931: Wheat | | 2/28/1939: Schmidt | named by town founder J. L. Courtney for his former home in Tulsa, OK (Sp: little Tulsa) after the request for "Tulsa" was rejected by the POD, however, the other Tulsa in Winkler County had closed in 1929 (news must be slow), discontinued, mail to Kenedy |
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| Tynan (1911-1914) | in San Patricio County |
| TYNAN | 78391 | 3/12/1914: Wheat | none | operating | established in San Patricio County |
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