Beasley was founded in 1894 by Cecil A. Beasley on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. It was first called Dyer for Isabel Dyer, whom Beasley later married. A post office opened as Beasley on May 13, 1898. The town boomed in 1910 when Stern and Stern Land Company of Kansas City promoted land sales through a town lot auction. Many new settlers were German and Czech families from Washington County. Soon Beasley had 3 general stores, 2 cotton gins, a 3-story hotel, an ice-house, a public school, and 7 churches. Beasley was incorporated in 1970 and continues to serve as a marketing center for the area.