Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Texas, United States. As of 2000, the population was 252,051. Its county seat is Beaumont, and it is named for the former U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson.
The county is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jefferson County is located on the plains of the Texas Gulf Coast in the southeastern part of the state. The county is bounded on the north by Pine Island Bayou, o...
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Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Texas, United States. As of 2000, the population was 252,051. Its county seat is Beaumont, and it is named for the former U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson.
The county is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Jefferson County is located on the plains of the Texas Gulf Coast in the southeastern part of the state. The county is bounded on the north by Pine Island Bayou, on the northeast by the Neches River, and on the east by Sabine Lake and the mouth of the Sabine River, a natural outlet called Sabine Pass. The southern part of the county is largely marshland, much of which is contained within Sea Rim State Park, reaching to the storm-battered beach at the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,111 square miles (2,878 km²), of which, 904 square miles (2,340 km²) of it is land and 208 square miles (538 km²) of it (18.69%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there...
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