Nederland, Texas

**Nederland** is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 18,856 at the 2020 census.

The city was settled in 1897 along what is now Boston Avenue. It was incorporated in 1940. It was settled by Dutch immigrants on land sold by the Kansas City Southern railroad. It is part of the Beaumont−Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nederland is also a part of an area known as "the Golden Triangle," which includes Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange. The city is next to the Jack Brooks Regional Airport in Port Arthur, which serves the nearby cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur.

## Geography

Nederland is located at  (29.973113, -93.996715).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which,  of it is land and 2.1% is water.

It is about  east of Houston.

## History

Nederland was founded in 1897 by Dutch settlers as a repayment for financial services of Dutch bankers who financed the Kansas City Southern railroad line that runs through the center of the city.

Nederland's early economy was driven by rice and dairy farming. However, the depression of 1907 and overproduction caused the rice industry in the town to fail.

### City government

The City of Nederland completed a new $1.3 million City Hall building at 207 N. 12th street in September 2013.  The  previously City Hall was shared with Police and Fire services and received a $3.6 million upgrade for Police and Fire services only and is the Homer E. Nagel Public Safety Complex. The safety complex was completed in August 2014.

Nederland has a council-manager system of government.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Nederland, Texas
- **settlement type**: City
- **named for**: Netherlands
- **motto**: "Programmed for progress"
- **image map**: Jefferson County Nederland.svg
- **mapsize**: 250px
- **map caption**: Location of Nederland, Texas
- **pushpin map**: Texas#USA
- **pushpin label**: Nederland
- **pushpin relief**: yes
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Texas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Texas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson
- **government type**: Council-manager government, Council-Manager
- **leader title1**: City Council
- **leader title2**: City Manager
- **established title**: Settled
- **established date**: 1897
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1940
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 15.67
- **area land km2**: 15.34
- **area water km2**: 0.33
- **area total sq mi**: 6.05
- **area land sq mi**: 5.92
- **area water sq mi**: 0.13
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population total**: 18856
- **population density km2**: 1132.20
- **population density sq mi**: 2932.31
- **timezone**: North American Central Time Zone, Central (CST)
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **elevation ft**: 16
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 77627
- **area code**: Area code 409, 409
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 48-50580
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 1363634
- **blank3 name**: U.S. Routes
- **blank3 info**: