Kilgore, Texas

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Kilgore, Texas is a small East Texas city historically known for its role in the East Texas Oil Field boom and its iconic oil derricks.

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Kilgore, Texas canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
areaCode 430 ⓘ
903 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
county Gregg County, Texas ⓘ
Rusk County, Texas ⓘ
demographics small city population size ⓘ
economy education ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
oil and gas industry ⓘ
feature iconic skyline of oil derricks ⓘ
foundedAs railroad town ⓘ
governmentType council–manager government ⓘ
hasAttraction East Texas Oil Museum ⓘ
World’s Richest Acre Park ⓘ
hasCulturalInstitution Kilgore Public Library ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Kilgore College ⓘ
hasFestival Kilgore Rangerette Revels (associated performances) ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict Downtown Kilgore historic area ⓘ
hasMuseum East Texas Oil Museum at Kilgore College ⓘ
hasPerformingArtsGroup Kilgore College Rangerettes ⓘ
hasStructure cluster of downtown oil derricks ⓘ
historicalEvent rapid growth during 1930s oil boom ⓘ
isPartOf East Texas region of Texas ⓘ
linked to: East Texas
knownFor East Texas Oil Field boom ⓘ
linked to: East Texas oil boom

historic downtown oil derricks ⓘ
oil derricks ⓘ
locatedIn East Texas ⓘ
Gregg County, Texas ⓘ
Rusk County, Texas ⓘ
locatedNear Longview, Texas ⓘ
Tyler, Texas ⓘ
namedAfter Constantine Buckley Kilgore ⓘ
partOf East Texas Oil Field ⓘ
postalCode 75662 ⓘ
75663 ⓘ
region Gregg County metropolitan area ⓘ
linked to: Gregg County, Texas
state Texas ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone
transportation Interstate 20 ⓘ
Texas State Highway 42 ⓘ
U.S. Route 259 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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