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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
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. The county was created in 1831 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. It is named for the popular American ideal of liberty.
Liberty County is included in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX metropolitan statistical area.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1874 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1875 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1880 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1895 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1903 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1850 | 2,522
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| 1860 | 3,189
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| 1870 | 4,414
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| 1880 | 4,999
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| 1890 | 4,230
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| 1900 | 8,102
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| 1910 | 10,686
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| 1920 | 14,637
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| 1930 | 19,868
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| 1940 | 24,541
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| 1950 | 26,729
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| 1960 | 31,595
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| 1970 | 33,014
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| 1980 | 47,088
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| 1990 | 52,726
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