Lumberton, Texas Lumberton, Texas Location of Lumberton, Texas Location of Lumberton, Texas Lumberton is a town/city in Hardin County, Texas, United States.
Lumberton is home of the Village Creek State Park.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.4 square miles (24 km2), all land.
The Eastex Freeway (comprising US 69, 96, and US 287) runs north from Beaumont into Lumberton and splits into two separate highways to the west and east in the south part of the town, both running north to south.
Lumberton is considered a "bedroom" community, one of the quickest burgeoning towns in Texas.
Serving the small-town sawmills and lumber camps, the postal service was established at Lumberton in 1909. In 1914, the postal service was relocated to the Fletcher site close-by which was a primary sawmill until the mid-1920s. After the closure of the sawmill at Fletcher, the region would remain populated and would turn into part of the City of Lumberton when it was incorporated in 1973.
As of the 2010 census Lumberton had a populace of 11,943.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 5.5% of families and 7.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.0% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.
In 2005, the estimated average value of a home in Lumberton was $111,700.
Lumberton is a quickly growing community, and is the biggest city in Hardin County.
Many of the newest and biggest subdivisions that are considered by many as part of Lumberton are actually outside of the town/city limits and not encompassed in the official town/city population totals.
The estimated populace total in June 2007 of Lumberton and the encircling subdivisions was 25,000 citizens .
Lumberton, Texas is the home of Village Creek State Park, which attracts tourists from all over the states of Texas and Louisiana.
Every year, the Village Creek Festival is held in Lumberton.
Lumberton is served by the Lumberton Independent School District.
The athletic squads of Lumberton High School are known as the Raiders and compete in District 22-5 - A.
Lumberton suffered momentous property damage, especially in the Pine Island Bayou and Village Creek areas of Lumberton.
In 2005, Lumberton resident Mike Smith walked on to the LISD School Board at the age of 19.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Lumberton has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. a b TSHA Online - Texas State Historical Association "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
2010 census report for Lumberton Climate Summary for Lumberton, Texas City of Lumberton, TX Official Website Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lumberton, Texas Municipalities and communities of Hardin County, Texas, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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