Liberty Hill’s post office opened in 1853, and 1 of its places is on the National Register
More historic than 42% of U.S. towns · #175 of 642 in Texas. What drives it
Most of Liberty Hill was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2017. Its Register listing is the Bryson Stage Coach Stop. Below: maps from 1893 on and the census since 1990.
Founding year: the first Liberty Hill post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Liberty Hill’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Liberty Hill is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns, #175 of 642 in Texas. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Liberty Hill’s overall grade.
Few Texas towns list much on the Register (a typical Texas town has 0.0 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Liberty Hill’s 2.4 sits above most of its state (77% of Texas towns have fewer) while its 2 historic buildings outnumber those of 60% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from C− to B−. The pre-1940 share (±2.4 points) is firm at this size. The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Liberty Hill’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The first settlers arrived in the 1840s. A post office was opened three miles west of the present townsite in 1853 and its first postmaster, W.O. Spencer, suggested for the place the name Liberty Hill. Subsequently, the town moved eastward twice. In 1871, a building of hand-cut limestone was erected by S.P. Stubblefield at the corner of Main and Myrtle. He operated the property as a general store until 1881. This structure, today known as the Stubblefield Visitors Center, is the oldest still occupied in Liberty Hill.
Passages that mention Liberty Hill, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Early history of Texas. Early history of Williamson County. The Webster massacre. Williamson County Court House sketches. Sketches of early days in Taylor1920Read the page →
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severely wounded. The Indians withdrew for a 'Lime and the Webster party retraced their steps in the direction of the Colorado river settlement. When they reached the South Gabriel between the present locations of Liberty Hill and Leander a consultation was held and some of the party advised making a stand against the Indians at this place where they had the protection of a high bluff. Webster contended that they would lose their live s’tock if they remained and advised traveling by night in order to reach the settlement before a
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Liberty Hill, 1853 to 2020
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
The Liberty Hill post office opened in 1853, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Liberty Hill rank for history?
Liberty Hill is more historic than 42% of U.S. towns, #175 of 642 in Texas. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Liberty Hill?
One place: the Bryson Stage Coach Stop (listed 1978).
How old are the homes in Liberty Hill?
5% of Liberty Hill’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±2.4 points), against a typical 1.6% for a Texas town; the median home was built in 2017.
Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
From Wikimedia Commons (9), Wikidata (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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