Livingston, Texas
Set in the Piney Woods of East Texas, Livingston is the seat of Polk County, about 49 miles northeast of The Woodlands and roughly 70 miles from Houston. The town lies in forested country near Lake Livingston, a large reservoir on the Trinity River that draws anglers and boaters. The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas maintains its reservation in the wooded land to the east of town.
Place essentials
Official Census snapshot- Census place type
- Town
- July 2025 population
- 5,386
- Change from 2020 base
- -4.7%
- Land area
- 8.8 sq. mi.
- County footprint
- Polk 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 Polk County. The homestead exemption, appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level.
Official routes
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County context
What to know around Livingston
County lines carry much of the property, land, water, and outdoors context around Livingston.
Indigenous History
The Alabama-Coushatta story in Polk County reaches beyond the reservation map
Two peoples who came to the land now called Texas before statehood share an 11,000-acre home east of Livingston.
Property Tax Basics
A property-tax question may belong to one of two Polk offices
Polk CAD handles appraisals, exemptions, and protests; the county tax office collects for the taxing units listed in its consolidated system.
County History
Polk County Was Built on Timber, Cotton, and Oil
Polk County was established in 1846 and built its economy on cotton farming, then timber, and later oil production.
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