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Port Neches is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 13,692 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] an increase over the figure of 13,040 tabulated in 2010. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area .
Port Neches High School, the predecessor to Port Neches–Groves High School, was built in 1925 at a cost of approximately $175,000. The Indian mascot and the purple and white school colors were chosen around this time.
The Port Neches–Groves Independent School District has a long history involving its continued use of their mascot, the Indians, despite years of controversy and calls of racism. Their drill team performs wearing decorative war bonnets, their chants include the words "Scalp 'Em, Indians", their yearbook is the "War Whoop", their newspaper is ...
The Port Neches, Texas, plant—also authorized by Rubber Reserve—opened in 1943 operated by Neches Butane Products Company. It was purchased by Texaco in 1980, and later it was purchased by Huntsman Corporation in 1994, then purchased by Texas Petrochemicals in 2006. [5] Texas Petrochemicals changed its name to TPC Group in 2010. [4]
The city of Port Arthur borders Groves on three sides (southeast, southwest, and northeast), while Port Neches lies to the northwest. [7] Three State Highways – 73, 87, and 347 – pass through or near the city. Sabine Lake, an estuary of the Gulf of Mexico, is 3 miles (5 km) to the southeast.
Phillips attended Port Neches–Groves High School in Port Neches, Texas, [2] and went to the University of Houston, where he was a three-year starter at linebacker from 1966 to 1968. He held the school record for career assisted tackles [3] (228) until 2011 when the record was broken by Marcus McGraw. [4]
The Peoples Press was a weekly newspaper in Port Neches, Texas, published from 1919 to 1932 and owned by Peoples Press, Incorporated. Its circulation was reported as 800 in 1924 and 750 from 1925 to 1928.
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