Kountze, Texas Kountze, Texas Location of Kountze, Texas Location of Kountze, Texas Website City of Kountze Kountze (/ku nts/ koonts) is a town/city in Hardin County, Texas, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Hardin County. The town/city is part of the Beaumont Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Kountze was originally established as a barns town in 1881.
The town/city was titled for Herman and Augustus Kountze, financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad. The seat of Hardin County, Kountze boasts an region of more than 89 percent forested lush green terrain.
Kountze describes itself as "The Big Light in The Big Thicket" - a Thicket is that vast region of tangled, often impenetrable woods, streams and marshes.
In 1991 Kountze became the first American town/city with a Muslim mayor, an black named Charles Bilal. It is the first Hardin County home listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The City of Kountze is home to the world's only known pair of married armadillos, Hoover and Star, married on June 10, 1995.
As of the 2010 census Kountze had a populace of 2,123.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 70.59% White, 26.43% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 0.71% from other competitions, and 1.09% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,352, and the median income for a family was $34,318.
The City of Kountze is served by the Kountze Independent School District.
The Kountze Lions' Varsity Basketball Team has brought home State titles, including the years of: 1970, 2004, 2005, and 2007 in both 2 - A & 3 - A of UIL standings.
The Kountze Lionette's Varsity Basketball Team has also made four appearances that were held at The Frank Erwin Center at The University of Texas at Austin.
The Kountze Volleyball team has also brought home a several State championship titles as well as advanced to the final four many times According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Kountze has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Handbook of Texas Online - KOUNTZE, TEXAS".
[2010 US census report on Kountze] Climate Summary for Kountze, Texas Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kountze, Texas Municipalities and communities of Hardin County, Texas, United States
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Cities in Texas - Cities in Hardin County, Texas - Beaumont Port Arthur urbane region - County seats in Texas - Kountze family - 1881 establishments in Texas
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