Jamaica Beach is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States on Galveston Island. As of the 2010 census, the city’s population was 983. the city is bordered by Galveston to the east and west, the east bay upon the north and the Gulf of Mexico to the south.

Prior to its development, Jamaica Beach was a burial dome of the Karankawa people. Johnny Goyen and Earl Galceran of the Jamaica Corporation developed Jamaica Beach as a 2,000-lot resort subdivision in near proximity to a marina. The individuals who were a portion of the progress effort were Goyen, Galceran, brothers Jack and Welcome Wilson, Bill Sherrill, and Jack Valenti. They acquired an Place of 320 acres (130 ha) that was owned by the temperamental family. An oil businessperson named R.E. “Bob” Smith granted not to be a partner in the development, but he purchased the Moody land and sold it to the developers. He did not ask for any alongside payments and he guaranteed a $250,000 bank loan. Initially, the beachfront lots, each 90 feet (27 m), were sold for $3,500 apiece. The “second row” houses sold at a quick pace. As the subsequent rows of houses opened to sale, the sales figures decreased slowly because while wealthy people were easily competent to acquire second houses, middle class homebuyers were unable to gain a mortgage, and needed to allow the homebuilding with cash.

In the 1960s, the discovery of a skull and that it was amalgamated to a Karankawa Native American burial ground led to an mass in public excursion and visitors. Welcome Wilson said that no extra sales were generated by the publicity. With the enlargement of the second house market, almost whatever of the lots on Jamaica Beach had been sold by the 1970s. Due to a halt in the United States economy, the developer closed its doors. The city incorporated on May 12, 1975. By 1978, 141 residents lived in Jamaica Beach. By 1988, the city had 446 residents and no businesses. By 1990, the city had 624 residents.

Jamaica Beach was affected by Hurricane Alicia in August 1983. In September 2008, the city was affected by Hurricane Ike.