Liberty County, Texas
Liberty County | |
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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 after | Liberty |
| Seat | Liberty |
| Largest city | Dayton |
| 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 |
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.