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DEVERS, TEXAS
Liberty
County,
Texas Gulf Coast
30°1'35"N 94°35'30"W (30.026379, -94.591642)
U.S. Highway 90 and State Highway 61
12 Miles E of Liberty the county seat
About 32 Miles W of Beaumont
About 56 Miles NE of Houston
ZIP code 77538
Area code 936
Population: 522 Est (2019)
437 (2010) 416 (2000) 318 (1990)
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Grain
elevator
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History in
a Pecan Shell
The
community dates from the late 1830s when it was known as “Dever’s
Woods.”
Thomas Philip and John Dever are the namesakes. The railroad expansion
of the late 1870s made it a stop on the Texas and New Orleans Railroad
and in 1874 the community was granted a post office.
The 1880 census reported a respectable (for the times) population
of 100. In 1892 the community’s name was shortened to Devers, Texas.
Irrigation allowed for a healthy rice culture although the community
failed to grow. It remained at just 210 residents in the mid 1970s
but in the following ten years it grew to 570 before declining again.
Discoveries of gas and oil have benefitted the landowners and rice
continues to be a major economic contributor. The population in 1990
was given as 318 which has increased 416 for the 2000 census. |
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A store with lone star
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