Editing Liverpool, Texas (section)

==History==
[[File:Liverpool TX Post Office Marker.jpg|thumb|left|Historical marker at US Post Office]]

In 1827, a trading post was set up at Liverpool. A settlement existed in 1834 and two years later a schoolteacher was hired. The town was formally established in 1837. It became a shipping point from [[Stephen F. Austin]]'s colony for wool, hides, and produce via Chocolate Bayou. A person called Commodore Nelson named the town after the [[England|English]] port [[Liverpool]]. A post office opened in the town in 1846, but closed in 1867. The population began to decline after the [[American Civil War]] until there were only 20 residents in 1884. Nevertheless, the post office reopened in 1879 and remained. By 1890, the population numbered 136. In 1906, the local whites-only schools counted three teachers and 48 students. By 1914, the town had grown to 400 residents and included a hotel and two general stores. The population decreased in the 1920s so that it was about 150 in 1966. By 1988, the population numbered 627, helped by the opening of a nearby [[Monsanto]] plant. The 1990 and 2000 censuses recorded around 400 residents each.{{sfn|Kleiner|2010}}