Viterbo is an unincorporated community in central Jefferson County, Texas, United States.[1] It is located along West Port Arthur Road and the Southern Pacific Railroad, seven miles (11 km) south of downtown Beaumont and across a highway from the unincorporated area of Beauxart Gardens.[2]
A railroad stop was established during a period after 1898. It was named after J. and L. Viterbo, who were [[Italian American rice farmers who left Lake Charles, Louisiana, for Texas in 1895; the brothers wanted more inexpensive land prices. The brothers purchased a 1,600-acre (6.5 km2) tract north of the Hillebrandt Bayou and established a farm there. In the 1970s the Viterbo area had many ditches, irrigation canals, and pumping stations.[2]
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edit- Viterbo, Texas from the Handbook of Texas Online
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