Liberty County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 91,628. The county seat is Liberty. It was founded in 1831, as a municipality in Mexico as Villa de la Santísima Trinidad de la Libertad by commissioner José Francisco Madero and organized as a county of the Republic of Texas in 1836. Its name was anglicized as Liberty based on the ideal of American liberty.
Liberty County is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which (1.5%) are covered by water.
The Trinity River flows through this county, dividing the county roughly in half. The river begins on the northern border of Liberty County, forming the San Jacinto - Polk County line through the Liberty County line. The east fork of the San Jacinto River flows through far northeast parts of the county, flowing through Cleveland. Tarkington Bayou begins in the Sam Houston National Forest in San Jacinto County, working its way south through northeast and east Liberty County and joining other feeders, before traveling into Harris County and emptying into Galveston Bay. The highest point in Liberty County is "Davis Hill", the roof of a salt dome in the northern part of the county.
Adjacent counties
- Polk County (north)
- Hardin County (east)
- Jefferson County (southeast)
- Chambers County (south)
- Harris County (southwest)
- Montgomery County (west)
- San Jacinto County (northwest)
National protected areas
- Big Thicket National Preserve (part)
- Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge
Communities
Cities
- Ames
- Cleveland
- Daisetta
- Dayton
- Dayton Lakes
- Devers
- Hardin
- Liberty (county seat)
- Mont Belvieu (mostly in Chambers County)
- Nome
- North Cleveland
- Old River-Winfree (mostly in Chambers County)
- Plum Grove
Town
- Kenefick
Census-designated place
- Big Thicket Lake Estates (partly in Polk County)
- Hull
Unincorporated communities
- Colony Ridge
- Dolen
- Eastgate
- Hightower
- Hoop and Holler
- Macedonia
- Moss Bluff
- Moss Hill
- Rayburn
- Raywood
- Romayor
- Rye
- Stilson
- Tarkington Prairie