Viterbo, Texas

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Texas, US}}

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Viterbo is an unincorporated community in central Jefferson County, Texas, United States.{{GNIS|1380728}} It is located along West Port Arthur Road and the Southern Pacific Railroad, {{convert|7|mi|km|spell=in}} south of downtown Beaumont and across a highway from the unincorporated area of Beauxart Gardens.{{Handbook of Texas|id=htv08|name=Viterbo, Texas}}

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 {{convert|1600|acre|km2|adj=on}} 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.