Sour Lake
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city in Hardin County, Texas, United States
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sour Lake is referenced by 59 other articles, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Nueva Loja and 2020 United States Census.
The entry is geolocated on the map.
It is catalogued under topics including Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, Cities in Hardin County, Texas and Cities in Texas.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Texas
- County
- Hardin
- Total
- 2.34 sq mi (6.07 km )
- Land
- 2.30 sq mi (5.96 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km )
- Elevation
- 46 ft (14 m)
- Density
- 836/sq mi (322.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 48-68828
- Website
- cityofsourlake .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Sour Lake
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hardin County
- Population
- 1773
- Area
- 5.290706
- Elevation
- 15
- Image
- Sour Lake, Texas (2014).jpg
- Households
- 820
- Dialing code
- 409
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- postal code
- 77659
- Commons category
- Sour Lake, Texas
- P8168
- hypovitaminosis
- water as percent of area
- 1.2078
- per capita income
- 23976
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sour Lake is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,773 at the 2020 census. It was originally named "Sour Lake Springs", after the sulphurous spring water that flowed into the nearby lake. The city is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sour Lake is the oldest surviving town in Hardin County. It is called by some the "Gateway to the Big Thicket".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sour Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.