Liberty County, Florida

Founding: 1855
Parent county: Gadsden

Namesake: The concept of liberty
Seat: Bristol (1859–)

Land area: 836 square miles

Population (2020): 7,974

Population (historic): 1,457 (1860); 1,362 (1880); 2,956 (1900); 4,067 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1920; 1960–2010

Subdivisions: One city; three CDPs

National Register listings: Four

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 137 (3.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 7.4%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 0.6%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 27.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 44.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $453
Average outbuilding value (1930): $149
Average farmhouse size (1940): 4.6 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 227
Average farm size (1920): 48.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Georgia and Alabama
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Bristol

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1859 (platting); 1859 (post office); 1958 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 918

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 7 (1.9%)

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