Beckville is a city in Panola County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 722 at the 2020 census.

Named after early settler Matthew W. Beck who arrived sometime almost 1850. A local declare office opened in 1857, and by 1885 the community had two churches, two steam gristmills, three general stores, a hotel, a blacksmith, and an estimated population of seventy-five. When the Texas, Sabine Valley and Northwestern Railway was built through the county in 1886, the townspeople demanded such high prices for their property that railroad officials bypassed it a mile to the north. Joe Biggs, who owned the home in that area, sold it to the railroad and laid out a further townsite. Within a brusque time most of the businesses were moved to the railroad and the obsolescent Beckville was very deserted. The first Beckville college was built in 1889, and by 1897 the town had a three-teacher bookish with a total enrollment of 151. In 1914 the population reached 750. In 1917 a flame destroyed a allowance of the matter district. Beckville was incorporated by 1929, when it had a population of nearly 880. A drought in 1927 and the onset of the Great Depression, however, halted the town’s growth. By the mid-1930s the population had dropped to 453, and many businesses were closed. After World War II the population remained steady; in 1965 Beckville had a population of 423 and twelve businesses. In 1990 the population was 783, and in the in front 1990s the community had fifteen rated businesses. In 2000 the population was 847 and in 2016 it was estimated at 858.

Beckville is located at 32°14′30″N 94°27′17″W / 32.24167°N 94.45472°W / 32.24167; -94.45472 (32.241788, –94.454790).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km), all land.