Kilgore
Kilgore is in the Central Piney Woods region of East Texas. Home to slightly less than 14,000 residents, Kilgore is often identified as the "Oil Capital of East Texas", due to its proximity near the center of the vast East Texas Oilfield.- Town with about 13,500 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 360 feet (110 metres)
- …was formerly known as “Kilgore Station”
- …dates from 1872
- …is named after Kilgore International & Great Northern-Missouri Pacific Railroad Station
- Description: city in the state of Texas, United States
- Postal codes7566275663
- Also known as“Capital of the world’s largest oil field”“City of Kilgore”“City of Stars”“Home of the Rangerettes”“Kilgore, Texas”“Kilgore, the Star City”“Kilgore, TX”“Oil capital of the world”“Oil city of the world”“The city of Kilgore”“The City of Stars”
Places of Interest
Discover Kilgore Public Library and Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center.
Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center
Theater building
The Anne Dean Turk Performing Arts Center also called…
Driller Park
Stadium
Driller Park was originally a minor league baseball…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Kilgore.
Kilgore
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Latitude
32.3867° or 32° 23′ 12″ north
Longitude
-94.8755° or 94° 52′ 32″ west
Open location code
864794PF+MR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Kilgore” goes by many names.
كيلغورArabic
مَدِينَةُ النُّجُومِArabic
KilgoreBasque
КилгореBulgarian
KilgoreCatalan
KilgoreCebuano
КилгорChechen
基尔戈Chinese
基尔戈尔Chinese
KilgoreCroatian
KilgoreCzech
KilgoreDagbani
KilgoreDanish
KilgoreDutch
كيلجورEgyptian Arabic
کیلگورGilaki
𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌲𐌰𐌿𐍂Gothic
KilgoreHaitian
Kilgore, TexasHaitian
KiligoreHawaiian
Kiligore (Kekeka)Hawaiian
קילגורHebrew
किलगोरHindi
KilgoreIrish
KilgoreItalian
キルゴールJapanese
キルゴアJapanese
킬고어Korean
KilgoreLadin
Arx KilgoriensisLatin
Domus RangerettarumLatin
KilgoreLatin
KilgoriumLatin
KilgorivmLatin
Urbs StellarumLatin
KilgoreMalagasy
Kilgore, TexasMalagasy
KilgoreMin Nan Chinese
KilgoreNorwegian
KilgoreNorwegian Bokmål
کیلگورPersian
کیلگور، تگزاسPersian
KilgorePolish
КилгорRussian
КилгорSerbian
KilgoreSerbo-Croatian
Kilgore, TexasSerbo-Croatian
KilgoreSlovak
کیلقور، تکزاسSouth Azerbaijani
KilgoreSwedish
КилгорTatar
KilgoreTurkish
Kilgore, TeksasTurkish
КілгорUkrainian
کلگور، ٹیکساسUrdu
KilgoreUzbek
КилгореUzbek
KilgoreVietnamese
Kilgore, TexasVietnamese
KilgoreVolapük
KilgoreWelsh
Kilgore, TexasWelsh
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