Liverpool Post Office

Liverpool, officially founded in 1837, received most of its mail by boat via Galveston or Velasco before the 1840s. Warren D. C. Hall (1788-1867), a leader in the Texas revolution and former secretary of war in the Republic of Texas, became Liverpool's first postmaster in 1846. Three more postmasters served before the office was closed in 1867. There was no post office in Liverpool during the reconstruction period following the Civil War; the closest was at Sandy Point, a community on the Columbia Tap Railroad. Allen Levie became postmaster in 1879, receiving mail three times a week. Thirteen years later, Margaret Wehrly moved the post office to a building away from the Liverpool center. As did many businesses, the office moved closer to the newly erected iron bridge which spanned Chocolate Bayou. From 1892 to 1900, the post office moved several times between the iron bridge and downtown Liverpool. Postal operations were usually housed in the postmaster's residence or business such as the depot, general store, or ferry office. Henry Clement built the first postal building near his home in 1900. In 1908, the new Liverpool town site was laid out on the railroad. Other postmasters, including Louisa Richardson Ackerman Faulkner, who served a term during each of her three marriages, continued to use homes or businesses near downtown until another post office was erected in 1942. With its twenty-third postmaster appointed in 1997, the Liverpool Post Office continues to serve the area. (1998)

Liverpool Post Office is a historical marker in Liverpool, Brazoria County, dedicated in 1998. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Brazoria County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 223 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.2940, -95.2785 near Liverpool. The nearest cataloged historic site is Liverpool Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Callihan, Thomas Jefferson, Vicinity of Oyster Creek and Chocolate Bayou, and First Methodist Church of Alvin.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5039011764. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.