Liberty County, Texas

Liberty County
Liberty County
County
	The Liberty County Courthouse in Liberty
	Location within the U.S. state of Texas
	Texas's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 30°09′N 94°49′W / 30.15°N 94.81°W
Country	United States
State	Texas
Founded	1836
Named for	Liberty
Seat	Liberty
Largest city	Liberty
Area
• Total	1,176 sq mi (3,050 km2)
• Land	1,158 sq mi (3,000 km2)
• Water	18 sq mi (50 km2) 1.5%
Population (2020)
• Total	91,628
• Density	78/sq mi (30/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	36th
Website	www.co.liberty.tx.us

Liberty County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 91,628.^[1] The county seat is Liberty.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]^[5] Its name was anglicized as Liberty based on the ideal of American liberty.^[6]

^ "Liberty County, Texas". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ "TSHA | Liberty County". www.tshaonline.org. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
^ "Texas: Individual County Chronologies". Texas Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2008. Archived from the original on April 12, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ "Liberty County". Texas Almanac. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 186.