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Nederland is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,422 at the 2000 census.

The city has within its corporate limits the Southeast Texas Regional Airport, which serves the nearby cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur.

Nederland was founded in 1897 by Dutch settlers. The more prominent families were named Rienstra and Doornbos, and their descendents still live in the area today. Allegedly, they were attracted to the flat coastal terrain that reminded them of their homeland (although the heat and humidity most certainly did not). Nederland's Dutch heritage is commemorated by the Dutch Windmill Museum located on Boston Avenue.

Perhaps the most famous person ever to hail from Nederland is country/western singer, Tex Ritter, father of actor John Ritter, also recently deceased. Tex is buried in the Oak Bluff Cemetery in neighboring Port Neches. Members of the Ritter family are still prominent in Nederland, and the name still graces the Ritter Lumber Company.

Basketball player Kendrick Perkins of the NBA's Boston Celtics was born in Nederland.

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