Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas

Nederland, Texas – An Overview

Nederland was founded in 1897 by Dutch settlers (Nederland is Dutch for The Netherlands). The more prominent families were named Rienstra, Doornbos and Van Oostrom, and their descendants still live in the area today. Tradition says they were attracted to the flat coastal terrain that reminded them of their homeland (although the heat most certainly did not). Nederland's Dutch heritage is commemorated by the Dutch Windmill Museum located on Boston Avenue.

Nederland became incorporated as a township in 1948. Its early economy was agricultural. The Port of Beaumont attracted shipping interests to support the east Texas logging industry. With the discovery of oil at the nearby Spindletop well in Beaumont, Nederland would become the bedroom community for a burgeoning oil refining industry that would grow up in the area. The surrounding larger cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange came to be known as the Golden Triangle. Nederland High School Band, with its black and gold colors, came to be called the "golden pride of the Golden Triangle." In the 1940s and 1950s, the Port of Beaumont was as important as New Orleans or Houston/Galveston, and Nederland thrived as a result.

The refineries also attracted a large population of blue-collar laborers into the area, and the community became heavily unionized. The area drew particularly heavily from southern Louisiana, and a strong Cajun flair is evident throughout the community. At the height of the labor union movement, the Golden Triangle was said to have been more virulently pro-union than Detroit, or even Youngstown, OH. Strikes against the unionized refineries were commonplace.

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Quick Facts about Nederland, Texas

Geographic Coordinates

29°58′23″N 93°59′48″W

County

Jefferson County, Texas

Incorporated in the year

Year 1948

Area

5.7 square miles (14.8 km²), of which, 5.7 square miles (14.7 km²) of it is land and 0.18% is water.

Elevation

16 feet

Standard Zip Code

77627

Time Zone

Central Standard Time (6 hours behind GMT)

Climate

Warmest month - August (91.70o F – Avg. Max. Temp)Coldest month - January (42.90o F – Avg. Min. Temp)Annual average precipitation - 57.32”