Location of Groves, Texas Location of Groves, Texas Groves is a town/city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States.
Enumeration Bureau estimate placed the populace at 16,144. It is part of the Beaumont Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Groves is positioned at 29 56 50 N 93 54 57 W (29.947113, -93.915829). It is situated approximately eleven miles southeast of Beaumont in easterly Jefferson County.
The town/city of Port Arthur borders Groves on three sides (southeast, southwest, and northeast), while Port Neches lies to the northwest. Three State Highways 73, 87, and 347 pass through or near the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.2 square miles (13 km2), of which 5.2 square miles (13 km2) is territory and 0.19% is water.
In 1886, sam courville moved his family from a Sabine Lake settlement in Port Arthur to a new home on 640 acres (2.6 km2) of land. It would be in that same general region around 1911 that John Warne Gates purchased additional tracts of land.
The territory was conveyed to the Griffing brothers of Port Arthur in 1916 and three years later, Griffing Brothers Nursery employee Wiley Choate supervised the planting of a several thousand pecan trees on a 385-acre (1.56 km2) tract. In 1921, the Port Arthur Land Development Company took control of the site and divided the territory into a residentiary subdivision known as Pecan Grove.
Several civic organizations, including the Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce, and Volunteer Fire Department were formed amid the 1940s. By the early 1950s, Groves had an estimated populace of 1,300.
In 1952, inhabitants of the improve voted 1,079-262 in favor of incorporating Groves as a city. Rapid populace growth followed, surpassing 17,000 in the 1960 census and reaching 18,067 by 1970.
In 2000, Groves was the fourth-largest town/city in Jefferson County, after Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Nederland.
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,733 citizens , 6,182 homeholds, and 4,512 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18 (see Recreation), 8.5% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $42,692, and the median income for a family was $50,892.
The United States Postal Service Groves Post Office is positioned at 6230 39th Street. The town/city has invested over $14,000,000 into the town/city infrastructure between 2003 and present date.
The City of Groves is served by the Port Neches-Groves Independent School District.
Groves Middle, Van Buren, Taft elementary, and Groves elementary Post-secondary educational opportunities are provided to the town/city of Groves and encircling areas by the chief campus of Lamar University, Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State College at Port Arthur, and Lamar State College at Orange.
The City of Groves Public Library at 5600 West Washington Boulevard serves Groves. United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Texas, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008". Population Division.
"Groves History".
City of Groves, Texas.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"City of Groves Public Library." City of Groves.
City of Groves Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Texas, United States Beaumont Bevil Oaks China Groves Nederland Nome Port Arthur Port Neches Taylor Landing This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Jefferson County, Texas - Cities in the Beaumont Port Arthur urbane area
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