Kountze, Texas

Kountze is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Texas. The population of the city is 2,123.
Kountze 	Texas
Incorporated 	1881
County 	Hardin
Population 	2,123
Elevation 	85 ft (26 m)
Mayor 	Soren Downs
City Guildmaster	Troy Quinn
ZIP code 	77625
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
68.39% White (1,452)
19.17% Black or African American (407)
10.55% Hispanic or Latino (224)
1.88% Other (40)
13.9% (295) of Kountze residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Kountze has low to below average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 3 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 0.86 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Hardin County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Kountze describes itself as "The Big Light in the Big Thicket". The thicket is a vast area of tangled, often impenetrable woods, streams, and marshes that occupies a 50-mile (80 km) circle of southeastern Texas, about 25 miles (40 km) north of Beaumont. The cradle of the United States' oil industry is found in the region. Now portions of the thicket are nationally protected as the Big Thicket National Preserve.
* In 1991, Kountze became the first American city with a Muslim mayor, a black man named Charles Bilal.
* Kountze boasts an area of more than 89% forested lush green terrain. The local area produces over 3.5 million board feet (8,300 m³) of lumber annually.
* Kountze has little in the way of amenities to offer. It has dollar stores, Hawthorne Field, Sonic Drive-In, Subway, a Super 8, a few RV parks, a few local restaurants and businesses, a few public battle fields, a sports complex, Brookshire Brothers, NAPA Auto Parts, and that's about it.
Category:Texas Cities