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Silsbee is a town in Hardin County, Texas, United States. This town is 21 miles (34 km) north of Beaumont. The population was 6,935 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area. == Geography == Silsbee is located in eastern Hardin County. U.S. Route 96, a four-lane bypass, forms the southeastern border of the city; the highway leads northeast 50 miles (80 km) to Jasper and south 21 miles (34 km) to Beaumont. Houston is 104 miles (167 km) southwest of Silsbee via Beaumont. Texas State Highway 327 runs through downtown Silsbee south of the city center, leading east to US 96 and west 9 miles (14 km) to Kountze, the Hardin county seat. According to the United States Census Bureau, Silsbee has a total area of 7.7 square miles (20.0 km2), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km2), or 0.64%, are water. == Historical development == The site of Silsbee was reached by the Gulf, Beaumont, and Kansas City Railway in 1894 and a logging camp and then a sawmill were established thereafter.