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Liberty County, formed and organized
in 1836 in the new Republic of Texas, originally included all of the
future Tyler County and parts of what later became Hardin, Chambers,
San Jacinto, and Polk counties. Liberty was named county seat and
incorporated in 1837.
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Sam Houston maintained two homes in
the area and purchased more than 20,000 acres of land within the
county's original boundaries.
Liberty County residents voted 422
to 10 for secession and contributed to several Confederate units in
the Civil War. The Liberty Invincibles, organized in 1861, were
later Company F of the Fifth Regiment of Texas Volunteers.
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In 1871 steamboat travel resumed when
the Trinity River Navigation Company, with headquarters at Liberty,
incorporated to run steamboats from that city to Galveston. United
States government assistance for making the Trinity more navigable
came after 1880, and by 1940 a total of 236 miles of waterway had
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Cities and towns
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Ames
Cleveland
Daisetta
Dayton
Dayton Lakes
Devers |
Hardin
Kenefick
Liberty
North Cleveland
Plum Grove |
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