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Polk County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 50,123. Its county seat is Livingston. The county is named after James K. Polk.
Milam County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 24,754. The county seat is Cameron. The county was created in 1834 as a municipality in Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. Milam County is named for Benjamin Rush Milam, an early settler and a soldier in the Texas Revolution.
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.
Chambers County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 46,571. The county seat is Anahuac. Chambers County is one of the nine counties that comprise Greater Houston, the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area.
The Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center is located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas. The 17,600 square feet (1,640 m2) facility is located 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Liberty, 200 miles (320 km) east of Downtown Austin and 41 miles (66 km) northeast of Downtown Houston. It is owned and operated by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and contains local government records, publications, manuscripts, newspapers, maps, artifacts, and photographs documenting the history of the Atascosito region of Southeast Texas, comprising ten counties: Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton, Orange, Polk, San Jacinto, and Tyler. Visitors may access the collections for genealogical and historical research through the research library. In 2018, the center's museum re-opened after extensive renovations. It features the exhibit, Atascosito: The History of Southeast Texas, chronicling the region's past through dynamic displays of artifacts, photographs, maps, and historical documents. The museum showcases the developments of the area, including its river economy, timber industry, rice agriculture, and expansive oil fields, while also sharing stories of the thousands of years of growth and movement of people through what has become the 10-county region. The campus also includes the Jean and Price Daniel Home and Archives, which preserves and displays the library, archives, furniture, and mementos documenting the Daniels' lives and years of public service, including his time as governor. It was patterned after the Greek Revival style Texas Governor's Mansion.
North American area code 936 is a state of Texas telephone area code for numbers in the Nacogdoches-Huntsville area, as well as a few outer portions of the Houston metropolitan area. It was created February 19, 2000, in a code-split from area code 409. It primarily serves the Deep East Texas area.
Hull-Daisetta Independent School District (HDISD) is a public school district based in Daisetta, Texas, United States. The district also serves the communities of Hull and Raywood.
Sumner is an unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas, United States. It is 12 miles west of Paris. The ZIP Code for Sumner is 75486.
Tarkington Prairie is a primarily rural unincorporated community spread out over approximately 238 square miles (620 km2) in northeastern Liberty County, Texas, United States. The community's fire protection is provided by Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department, emergency medical services by Liberty County EMS, and law enforcement by Liberty County Sheriff's Office.
Dayton High School is a public secondary school located in Dayton in Liberty County in southeastern Texas, United States founded in 1895. In 2022 the school served 1,581 students in grades 9-12.
Stilson is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States.
Moss Bluff is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States.
Moss Hill is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States.
Romayor is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had an estimated population of 96 in 2000.
Dolen is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The community is in northern Liberty County approximately 68 miles northwest of Beaumont.
Rayburn is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States.
Hightower is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States. It is a geographic area without official borders, centered on the intersection of FM 787 and FM 2518. It contains small farms, pastures, ranchettes, timber plantations, individual residential lots, small Protestant churches, and a Georgia Pacific lumber mill.
Macedonia is an unincorporated area in northern Liberty County, Texas, United States. Formerly a distinct community, it is located 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the junction of Texas State Highway 321 and Farm to Market Road 1008 and 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Liberty.
Dempsie Henley State Jail is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice state jail for women located in unincorporated Liberty County, Texas. It is located on Texas State Highway 321, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Dayton. The facility, on an approximately 394-acre (159 ha) plot of land, is co-located with the Hightower Prison Unit and the Plane State Jail. Henley is designed to hold around 500 prisoners.
Hull-Daisetta High School is a public high school located in Daisetta, Texas (USA) and classified as a 2A school by the UIL. It is part of the Hull-Daisetta Independent School District located in southeastern Liberty County. In 2015, the school was rated "Met Standard" by the Texas Education Agency.
