Hardin, Texas
Hardin is a small city in Liberty County in the Piney Woods of the Upper Gulf Coast region, about 36 miles west of Beaumont and northeast of Houston. It lies in the low, wooded coastal-plain country near the Trinity River, an area historically tied to timber, agriculture, and the oil fields of Southeast Texas. The community sits along the corridor linking Liberty and the greater Houston area.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- City
- July 2025 population
- 878
- Change from 2020 base
- +15.5%
- Land area
- 2.6 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 Hardin
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Hardin.
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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