Silsbee, Texas

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title: "Silsbee, Texas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cities-in-texas", "cities-in-hardin-county,-texas", "beaumont–port-arthur-metropolitan-area", "logging-communities-in-the-united-states", "1894-establishments-in-texas", "populated-places-established-in-the-1890s"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silsbee,_Texas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Silsbee, Texas
settlement_type	Town
image_skyline	Silsbee panorama b (9575927043).jpg
image_caption	Panoramic view of Silsbee at night
image_map	TXMap-doton-Silsbee.PNG
mapsize	250px
map_caption	Location of Silsbee, Texas
image_map1	Hardin County Silsbee.svg
mapsize1	250px
pushpin_map	USA Texas#USA#North America
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Texas
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Hardin
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	20.02
area_land_km2	19.90
area_water_km2	0.12
area_total_sq_mi	7.73
area_land_sq_mi	7.68
area_water_sq_mi	0.05
population_as_of	2020
population_total	6935
population_density_km2	332.54
population_density_sq_mi	861.25
timezone	Central (CST)
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	79
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	77656
area_code	409
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	48-67832
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2411901
website
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Geography

Silsbee is located in eastern Hardin County. U.S. Route 96, a four-lane bypass, forms the southeastern border of the city; the highway leads northeast 50 mi to Jasper and south 21 mi to Beaumont. Houston is 104 mi southwest of Silsbee via Beaumont. Texas State Highway 327 runs through downtown Silsbee south of the city center, leading east to US 96 and west 9 mi to Kountze, the Hardin county seat.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Silsbee has a total area of 20.0 km2, of which 0.1 sqkm, or 0.64%, are water.

Historical development

The site of Silsbee was reached by the Gulf, Beaumont, and Kansas City Railway in 1894 and a logging camp and then a sawmill were established thereafter. The community that grew up around timber site was first called "Mill Town". The town was renamed in recognition of Nathaniel Devereux Silsbee, an investor (and grandson of Sen. Nathaniel Silsbee) from Boston, Massachusetts, who helped provide funds for the railway. The railroad was a project of John Henry Kirby, who established the Kirby Lumber Company in the city. This business was the main employer and strength of the Silsbee economy from the city's beginning.

Demographics

|1940= 2525 |1950= 3179 |1960= 6277 |1970= 7271 |1980= 7684 |1990= 6368 |2000= 6393 |2010= 6611 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census |2020=6935}} ::data[format=table title="'''Silsbee racial composition as of 2020'''{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US4867832&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2 |access-date=May 23, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}
(NH = Non-Hispanic){{efn|Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific|date=August 2022}}{{cite web |title=About the Hispanic Population and its Origin |url=https://www.census.gov/topics/population/hispanic-origin/about.html |website=www.census.gov |access-date=May 18, 2022}}}}"]

Race	Number	Percentage
White (NH)	4,504	64.95%
Black or African American (NH)	1,782	25.07%
Native American or Alaska Native (NH)	10	0.14%
Asian (NH)	47	0.68%
Some Other Race (NH)	9	0.13%
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)	231	3.33%
Hispanic or Latino	352	5.08%
Total	6,935
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As of the 2020 United States census, there were 6,935 people, 2,441 households, and 1,745 families residing in the city.

As of the census of 2010, 6,611 people, 2,520 households, and 1,763 families resided in the city. The population density was 881.5 PD/sqmi. The 2,790 housing units averaged 353.5 per square mile (136.5/km). The racial makeup of the city was 65.8% White, 30.3% African American, 0.4% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.015% Pacific Islander, 1.4% from other races, and 01.5% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.0% of the population.

Of the 2,520 households, 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.1% were married couples living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.0% were not families; 10.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the city, the population was distributed as 25.7% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 19 to 24, 23.1% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 17.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34.7 years. Of the entire population, 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Of those individuals age 18 and over, 32.5% were male and 67.5% were female.

The median income for a household in the city was $49,121, and for a family was $51,518. About 16.6% of the population was below the poverty line; 14.0% of families were below the poverty line, while only 3.9% of married families were in poverty. Of those age 65 or over, 4.4% were below the poverty line.

Education

The town is served by the Silsbee Independent School District, with a total of four schools—Laura Reeves Elementary (Pre-K–K), Silsbee Elementary (1–5), Edwards-Johnson Memorial Silsbee Middle School (6–8), and Silsbee High School (9–12).

Notable people

Kalon Barnes, football player
Curtis Buckley, football player
Jefferson Fisher, lawyer and podcast host
Len Garrett, football player
Mark Henry, actor, Olympic weightlifter, wrestler
James Hunter, football player
Chloe Jones, pornographic actress
Brandi McCain, basketball player
Hannah Read, indie rock musician who performs under the stage name Lomelda
LaQuan Stallworth, basketball player
Michael Tuck, television newscaster in San Diego, California

References

"2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
{{GNIS. 2411901
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Silsbee city, Texas". U.S. Census Bureau.
"History of Silsbee, Texas: From Timber Town to Oil Hub".
[https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes-at-harvard/catalog/17-W97769_urn-3:HULARCH:32188 Whipple, John Adams, 1822-1891, American, creator, photographer Harvard College (1780- ). associated name Silsbee, Nathaniel Devereux, subject]
Handbook of Texas Online, [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hfs07 Handbook of Texas Online], accessed May 5, 2007
[http://www.bigthicketdirectory.com/bee/bee29.html Houstonian founds Silsbee because of natural resources] {{webarchive. link. (August 27, 2006 , access May 5, 2007)
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"Explore Census Data".
https://www.census.gov/ {{nonspecific. (August 2022)
"About the Hispanic Population and its Origin".
"U.S. Census website". US Census Department.

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