Kilgore College (KC) is a two-year community college located in Kilgore, Texas, approximately 120 miles east of Dallas, Texas, and 70 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana. It has an annual enrollment in excess of 5,000 students, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the Associate's Degree. The school was established in 1935 at the height of the East Texas oil boom, and as such, is home to the East Texas Oil Museum which houses a large collection of memorabilia documenting this period of Texas history.