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Place Name
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Jefferson County
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Place Status (Type)
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county
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Capital is
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BEAUMONT
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Population
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239,397 (1990)
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Location
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Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
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29°53'N
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Longitude
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94°09'W
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Jefferson
, county
( 1,111 sq mi/2,877 sq km; 1990 pop. 239,397), SE
Texas; 
Beaumont; 29°53'N 94°09'W. On Gulf coastal
plain; bounded E by Sabine L. (here forming La. state line); NE by
Neches R., N by Pine Isl. Bayou, S by Gulf of Mexico; crossed by Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway (to parallel Gulf Coast, also NE along Texas
shore of Sabine L.). Sabine-Neches Waterway gives access from Gulf to
deep-water ports of Beaumont and Port Arthur, important oil-shipping,
oil-refining, and industrial centers. Oil, natural-gas fields. Cattle
raising, agr. (rice, soybeans). Fishing, duck hunting. Small part of
Big Thicket Natl. Preserve in N; Texas Point Natl. Wildlife Refuge, Sea
Rim State Park, Sabine Pass Battleground State Historical Park in SE;
McFadden Natl. Wildlife Refuge in S, on coast. Formed 1836.
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