Liberty County

The Villa of 1831 covered far more ground than the county that replaced it. When Madero organized the municipality it ran from the Sabine River on the east to the San Jacinto on the west, with Nacogdoches Municipality to the north and the Gulf to the south, the Handbook of Texas says. Its population passed 1,000 by 1835. The county created in 1836 was smaller, but it still held all of future Tyler County and parts of what became Hardin, Chambers, San Jacinto and Polk counties.

What the plaque says

Liberty County A trail across this region traveled and described by Alonso de Leon in 1690 became the "La Bahia" or "Lower Road" in the 18th century. First settlement, Atascocita, established in 1757. The town established May 5, 1831 as the "Villa de la Santisima Trinity de la Libertad" (City of the Blessed Trinity of Liberty) became the county seat and gave the county its name when created and organized in 1836.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center — 3.8 mi
  A state archives and museum north of Liberty with an exhibit on Southeast Texas history and a campus of historic buildings, including an 1848 house and an 1898 church.
• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site — 29 mi
  The 1,200 acres of coastal prairie and marsh where the Texas Revolution ended in eighteen minutes, and the 567-foot shaft of fossil-studded limestone that has stood over them since 1939.

More markers nearby

• Griffin-Methodist Cemetery — 1.6 mi
• Mexican Hill — 1.9 mi
• Edward Thomas Branch — 2.1 mi
• Tarver Abstract Company — 2.1 mi