Ames, Texas
Ames is a small city in Liberty County, in the Upper Gulf Coast region of Southeast Texas, roughly 42 miles northeast of Houston and about 36 miles west of Beaumont. It lies in the flat, wooded coastal plain near the city of Liberty and the Trinity River bottomlands. The area is low-lying and rural, set among timber, farmland, and the piney landscape that characterizes this part of the state.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 1,282
- Change from 2020 base
- +35.5%
- Land area
- 3.3 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Liberty County
Place type, county footprint, and land area use the Census Bureau's January 1, 2025 geography. Population uses Vintage 2025 estimates through July 1, 2025; change compares that estimate with the April 1, 2020 estimates base. Geography file | Population file
Property here runs through the appraisal district and tax office for Liberty County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
Use the office for the parcel address; a mailing city is not always the governing city.
County context
What to know around Ames
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Ames.
County History
Liberty County traces its roots to a Spanish colonial settlement from the 1750s
The area that became Liberty County was settled by Spanish colonists in the 1750s and set up as a municipality in 1831 under Mexican rule.
Property Tax Basics
Two separate offices handle property taxes in Liberty County
Liberty County splits property tax duties between two offices. The Appraisal District sets values, and the Tax Office collects payments.
Refuge trail
Knobby Knees is the short swamp-forest walk north of Liberty
The Knobby Knees Trail gives Liberty County a one-mile walk through the cypress-and-hardwood side of the Trinity River country.
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