Vidor, Texas | |
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 Location of Vidor, Texas | |
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| Coordinates: 30°7′53″N 93°59′47″W / 30.13139°N 93.99639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Orange |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • City Council | Mayor Misty Songe Mercedes Lee (I) Nicole McGowan (II) Michael Thompson (III) Jessica Barker (IV) Gary Herrera (V) Kathryn Weldon (VI) |
| • City Manager | Robbie Hood |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.12 sq mi (31.39 km2) |
| • Land | 12.02 sq mi (31.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.10 sq mi (0.27 km2) |
| Elevation | 23 ft (7 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 9,789 |
| • Density | 865.83/sq mi (334.29/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 77662, 77670 |
| Area code | 409 |
| FIPS code | 48-75476[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1349270[3] |
| Website | cityofvidor |
Vidor (/ˈvaɪdər/ VY-dər) is a city in western Orange County, Texas, United States. A city of Southeast Texas, it lies at the intersection of Interstate 10 and Farm to Market Road 105, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Beaumont. The town is mainly a bedroom community for the nearby refining complexes in Beaumont and Port Arthur and is part of the Beaumont-Port Arthur metropolitan statistical area. Its population was 9,789 at the 2020 census.
Historically, Vidor has been described as a sundown town, a term used to describe racially homogeneous communities, specifically all-white towns, that have shown hostility to people of other races after sunset. Vidor's segregated public housing practices were formally abolished in 1993 after U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice issued an order to desegregate 36 counties in Texas, which included public housing in Vidor. The Ku Klux Klan responded by hosting rallies in support of an all-white Vidor, though some citizens protested the anti-Black coalition.[4]
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