Vora in Kilgore.
Kilgore is in Gregg & Rusk counties. Here is who supplies the water, who fixes which side of the meter, and how old the houses are, with a source for every fact.
About 6 in 10 homes here were built before 1980.
More than half of Kilgore’s homes were built before 1980. Before a big repair, ask the plumber what your supply and drain pipes are made of.
- Population
- 13,531Census Bureau estimate, 2025; 13,376 in the 2020 census
- Median home built
- 1973US Census Bureau, American Community Survey
None of the 26 is based in Kilgore.
8 are in Gregg & Rusk counties. The state register lists 1 licensed plumbing company in Kilgore. We check your address when you call.
Kilgore, plainly.
- County
- Gregg & Rusk counties
- Water supplier
- City of Kilgore Public Works
- ZIP codes
- 75662ZIP areas covering most of the town
Some problems aren’t a plumber’s: the city’s own numbers
Water supplier
City of Kilgore Public Works
After hours: (903) 983-1559. Customer service: (903) 984-5081.
SourceYour side of the meter
Who fixes what
The point of delivery for the city's water shall be the connection on the customer's side of the city's water meter.
SourceSewer
City side, your side
The city shall assume all responsibility for wastewater services and facilities up to the right-of-way. The customer shall assume all responsibility from the right-of-way or property line
SourceLocal notes: water, freezes, permits
- Where the water comes from: The City's Surface Water Treatment Plant draws water from the reservoir constructed adjacent to the plant site, which stores water pumped from the Sabine River. Source
- Hardness, from the water report: about 40 ppm. Source
- The freeze of February 2021: Massive water loss left the city unable to supply water; citywide boil-water notice (listed Feb 17-20, 2021); rescinded Tue Feb 23, 2021. Source
- Freezing nights: 35.1 nights a year at or below 32°F at Longview East Texas Regional Airport (NOAA normals, 1991–2020). Pipes in attics, crawl spaces and outside walls are the ones that burst. Source