Liberty, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Liberty-Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77575. It stands on Big Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle. 8,279 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
On record in Liberty
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Cleveland-Partlow Houselisted 1984
Liberty County Courthouselisted 2002
State Highway 3 Bridge at the Trinity Riverlisted 1996- Thomas Jefferson Chambers Houselisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresLiberty fell from 8,397 to 8,279 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,397 | |
| 2020 | 8,279 | -118 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Liberty between 1996 and 2018, burning about 208 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2000 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 250 |
| 13 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 293 |
| 1 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8006 |
| 5 December 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIBERTY 14:19 |
| 11 December 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 October 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Liberty: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Liberty Occurrence | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1905 |
Storms near this place
31 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 tornado, 5 flash flood. The reports record 24 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Liberty | 12 hurt, $750,000 | Super cell moved across Lake Houston and intensified to form a mesocyclone as it moved into Liberty County. This super cell produced four tornadoes as moved from west to east across the county. The third of the four tornadoes touched down in downtown Liberty and was the most significant. Twelve people were injured with two requiring to be hospitalized. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Liberty | 12 hurt, $750,000 | Super cell moved across Lake Houston and intensified to form a mesocyclone as it moved into Liberty County. This super cell produced four tornadoes as it moved from west to east across the county. The third of the four tornadoes touched down in downtown Liberty and was the most significant. Twelve people were injured with two requiring to be hospitalized. |
| December 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $70,000 | Damage to homes, carports and patio covers, high school press box and dugouts; trees and power lines down. |
| April 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Liberty | $60,000 | Tornado caused extensive damage along CR 143 off of FM 563. Major roof damage to area homes with numerous trees and power lines down. |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $40,000 | Damage to retail store, several cars in parking lot also damaged. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $40,000 | Home damaged and numerous trees and power lines down. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Liberty | $35,000 | Flooding in Liberty and Dayton; portions of Hwy 90 closed in Liberty. |
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Liberty | $30,000 | Building damaged. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $15,000 | Trees down. |
| November 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $15,000 | Power lines down in area. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $15,000 | Numerous reports of trees down across northern portion of county. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Liberty | $12,000 | Golf ball size hail on FM 1011. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Liberty | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | Numerous trees downed across the western portion of the county. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | Numerous trees were reported downed across the county. |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Liberty | $5,000 | Trees blown down. |
| January 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Hail | Liberty | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $4,000 | There was a large tree blown down onto a car. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Liberty | $4,000 | Golf ball-sized hail was reported in Liberty. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $3,000 | Trees blown down along HWY 90. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Liberty | $2,000 | Dime and quarter sized hail fell at the Liberty County Sheriff's Office for approximately 7 minutes. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty | $2,000 | KSHM radio had trees blown down. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Liberty | - | There was quarter sized hail in Liberty. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Liberty | - | Numerous vehicles stranded by high water in and near Liberty. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Liberty | - | Portions of FM 563 were covered with high water and had become impassable. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Liberty | - | Flooding was reported between Liberty and Anahuac on FM 563, and also between Liberty and Daisetta along FM 160 East. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Liberty | - | A severe thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Liberty | - | Penny sized hail was observed in Liberty. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Liberty | - | Highway 90 flooded in the town of Liberty. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Liberty | - | This tornado occurred over open land and caused no damage. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champ d'Asile (historical) | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Liberty | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ames | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Atascosito | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Negros Liberty Settlement (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sandune | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dayton | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Kenefick | 4.8 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Liberty | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981297 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339866. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






