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Port Arthur (City of Texas in Jefferson co)

a city of Texas, in Jefferson co. It is on the Kansas City Southern and the Texas and New Orleans railroads. It is situated on several steamship lines and on several canals.

It is the port of entry of the Sabine district. It is the center of the oil-producing and refining industry, and its other industries include rice milling and horticulture. There are several parks, pleasure piers, Port Arthur College, hospitals, and a Federal building. Pop. (1910) 7,663; (1920) 22,251.