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Kountze Independent School District
Kountze Independent School District is a public school district based in Kountze, Texas (USA). In addition to Kountze, the district serves the unincorporated community of Honey Island Honey Island is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Hardin County, Texas, Hardin County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan ar ... and part of Wildwood. Dr. Shane Reyenga currently serves as the district's superintendent. The Board of Trustees consists of: Steve Eppes, Missy Jennings, Brandon Laird, Don McDonald, Jason McDonald, Chris Jones, and Jim McNeely. Schools *Kountze Elementary: Pre-K through 2nd Grade *Kountze Intermediate: 3rd through 5th Grade *Kountze (or Penland) Middle: 6th through 8th Grade *Kountze High: 9th through 12th Grade References External linksKountze ISD School districts in Hardin County, Texas {{Texas-school-district-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School District
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America United States In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, which usually operate several schools, and the largest urban and suburban districts operate hundreds of schools. While practice varies significantly by state (and in some cases, within a state), most American school districts operate as independent local governmental units under a grant of authority and within geographic limits created by state law. The executive and legislative power over locally controlled policies and operations of an independent school district are, in most cases, held by a school district's board of education. Depending on state law, members of a local board of education (often referred to informally as a school board) may be elected, appointed by a political office holder, serve ex officio, or a combination of any of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kountze, Texas
Kountze ( ) is a city in Hardin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,981 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Hardin County. 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 circle of southeastern Texas, about 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 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both List of U.S. states and territories by area, area (after Alaska) and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexico, Mexican States of Mexico, states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas and the List of United States cities by population, fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honey Island, Texas
Honey Island is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Beaumont– Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Kountze Independent School District provides public schools for area students. Though not usually an island, it is located on elevated land between the Cypress and Flat Cypress creeks, which rise in heavy rain, thereby temporarily isolating the area as an island. Historical development During the time of the Civil War, this site was known to attract Jayhawkers due to the area's numerous beehives. In addition to using the honey as food source, they would often stash honey in hidden pots that local sympathizers would exchange for supplies. This activity would eventually lead to the Kaiser Burnout by the Confederates in the nearby cane fields. In 1901 the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway reached the site, and by 1907 a post office was established. The local sawmill was sold several times until it came into ownership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildwood, Texas
Wildwood is a gated community and census-designated place in Hardin and Tyler counties, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,121. The Hardin county portion of Wildwood is part of the Beaumont– Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Wildwood is located in northern Hardin County and southwestern Tyler County, west of US Highways 69 / 287 and the older community of Village Mills. Wildwood is built around Lake Kimball, a reservoir on Kimball Creek, a tributary of Village Creek and part of the Neches River watershed. The community is south of Woodville, the Tyler county seat, and northwest of Kountze, the Hardin county seat. Wildwood is northwest of Beaumont. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 6.91%, are water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,121 people, 352 households, and 253 families residing in the CDP. Recreation Lake Kimba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
