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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Hardin
- Total
- 3.98 sq mi (10.32 km )
- Land
- 3.98 sq mi (10.30 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 85 ft (26 m)
- Density
- 529.9/sq mi (204.59/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-39868
- Website
- cityofkountze .org
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kountze
- Population
- 1981
- Area
- 10.259616
- Elevation
- 26
- Official website
- cityofkountze.org
- Image
- Kirby hill house kountze texas 2014.jpg
- Households
- 704
- Dialing code
- 409
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- postal code
- 77625
- Commons category
- Kountze, Texas
- inception
- 1881-00-00
- P8168
- Rio Vermelho
- native label
- Kountze
- water as percent of area
- 0.1966
- per capita income
- 26986
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Kountze (/kuːnts/ koonts) is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,981 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area.
Kountze was originally established as a railroad town in 1881. The city was named for Herman and Augustus Kountze, financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad. The seat of Hardin County, Kountze boasts an area of more than 89% forested lush green terrain. The local area produces over 3.5 million board feet (8,300 m) of lumber annually.
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