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Jefferson County, Texas

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

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26historic places

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1836formed

256,526pop. 2020

16cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 26 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Beaumont, Port Arthur, Groves.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Texas is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Jefferson titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 26 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

26 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Beaumont Commercial District	Beaumont	District	1978
Beaumont Commercial District (Boundary Increase)	Beaumont	District	2008
Beaumont Y.M.C.A.	Beaumont	Building	1979
Duke, Holmes, House	Beaumont	Building	1984
Eddingston Court	Port Arthur	District	2004
First National Bank of Port Arthur	Port Arthur	Building	2015
French Home Trading Post	Beaumont	Building	1970
Gates Memorial Library	Port Arthur	Building	1981
Hinchee House	Beaumont	Building	1978
Idle Hours	Beaumont	Building	1978
Jefferson County Courthouse	Beaumont	Building	1982
Jefferson Theater	Beaumont	Building	1978
Lamar State College of Technology Administration Building	Beaumont	Building	2015
Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Oil Field NHL	Beaumont	Site	1966
Marconi Tower at Port Arthur College	Port Arthur	Structure	2008
McFaddin House Complex	Beaumont	Building	1971
Mildred Buildings	Beaumont	Building	1978
Pompeiian Villa	Port Arthur	Building	1973
Port Arthur Downtown Historic District	Port Arthur	District	2021
Port Arthur Federated Women's Clubhouse	Port Arthur	Building	1985
Port Arthur-Orange Bridge	Groves	Structure	1996
Rose Hill	Port Arthur	Building	1979
Sanders House	Beaumont	Building	1978
Temple to the Brave	Beaumont	Building	2026
US Post Office and Federal Building	Port Arthur	Building	1986
Woman's Club of Beaumont Clubhouse	Beaumont	Building	1994

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Jefferson was formed in 1836 (1836-03-02) from unknown / original county.

Mexican municipality of JEFFERSON became part of the Republic of Texas.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Jefferson County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1850	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
1,836	1,995	3,489	14,239	73,120	145,329	195,083	245,659	250,938	252,051	256,526

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

16 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 16 of 16 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Anthony Cemetery	30.11799	-94.10907
Berry Cemetery	30.03021	-94.42297
Broussard Cemetery	29.98744	-94.17185
Calvary Cemetery	29.91355	-93.92739
Forest Lawn Memorial Park	29.97882	-94.02573
Forest Lawn Memorial Park	30.12771	-94.09851
Hebert Cemetery	30.03521	-94.14546
Hillebrandt Cemetery	29.94772	-94.12851
Johnson Cemetery	29.93605	-93.92545
Landrum Cemetery	29.94772	-94.23241
Magnolia Cemetery	30.10168	-94.10154
McGaffey Cemetery	29.70605	-93.93183
Pace Cemetery	29.71855	-93.90461
Pivoto Cemetery	30.02883	-94.42463
Spell Cemetery	30.13771	-94.17157
Woodrow Cemetery	29.87411	-94.27157

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Sabine Pass	22,001	29.4 km	TX001

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

HMdb link

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