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Kountze (/kuːnts/ koonts) is a city in and the county seat of Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,981 at the 2020 census. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Kountze was originally established as a railroad town in 1881. The city was named for Herman and Augustus Kountze, financial backers of the Sabine and East Texas Railroad. The seat of Hardin County, 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 describes itself as “The Gateway to 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, an African American named Charles Bilal.

Kountze city overview:
Name:	Kountze city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Texas
County:	Hardin County
Elevation:	85 ft (26 m)
Total Area:	3.99 sq mi (10.32 km²)
Land Area:	3.98 sq mi (10.30 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	1,981
Population Density:	529.91/sq mi (204.59/km²)
ZIP code:	77625
Area code:	409
FIPS code:	4839868
GNISfeature ID:	1374401
Website:	cityofkountze.org

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Geography

Kountze is slightly northeast of the center of Hardin County, north of Cypress Creek, an east-flowing tributary of Village Creek and part of the Neches River watershed. U.S. Route 287 (Pine Street) is the main highway through the city, leading north 31 miles (50 km) to Woodville and south 25 miles (40 km) to Beaumont. Texas State Highway 326 (W. Monroe Street) leads southwest from Kountze 18 miles (29 km) to Sour Lake.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city of Kountze has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km), of which 0.01 square miles (0.02 km), or 0.20%, is water.