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Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.)

Jefferson County

image by Masao Okazaki, 16 February 2023

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Description of the flag

Code of Ordinances of the City of Port Arthur, Article 1, Section 2-1.

"The flag of the city shall be a gold emblem in the form of the State of Texas on a white background with gold streamers at the top and bottom of the flag with the words "City of Port Arthur, Texas" in brown lettering ("City of" being on the top streamer and "Port Arthur, Texas", on the bottom streamer). Upon the emblem of the State of Texas shall be a drawing in brown lines depicting a bridge and refinery. There shall be a red oleander at the location of the City of Port Arthur on the emblem of the State of Texas. Such flag is depicted on a drawing as follows and made a part of this section." - from: library.municode.com/HTML/11444/level3/PTIICOOR_CH2AD_ARTIINGE.html, including black and white drawing of the flag.

"Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont-Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area of the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 57,755 at the 2000 census." - from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur,_Texas

Official website: www.portarthur.net
Valentin Poposki, 22 June 2011

The Quasquicentennial Steering Committee of Port Arthur has printed a replica of the city's flag and presented it to the city council.
https://www.panews.com/2023/02/15/committee-recreates-port-arthur-flag/

I found clear photos of the replica on the city's website: https://portarthurtx.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1899&ARC=3074
Masao Okazaki, 16 February 2023

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image located by Valentin Poposki, 22 June 2011
Source: library.municode.com