
Silsbee at a glance
What makes Silsbee different: Silsbee grew from an 1894 logging settlement first called Mill Town along the Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City Railway and was renamed for Nathan D. Silsbee, a financial partner of timber baron John Henry Kirby, whose Kirby Lumber Company anchored the local economy.
- Silsbee population
- 6,711
- Hardin County Medicare
- 11,500
- MA penetration (county)
- 44%