Liverpool, officially founded in 1837, received most of its mail by boat through Galveston or Velasco before the 1840s. Warren D. C. Hall, a leader in the Texas Revolution and former secretary of war in the Republic of Texas, became Liverpool's first postmaster in 1846, and three more postmasters served before the office closed in 1867. During Reconstruction after the Civil War, Liverpool had no post office, and the closest one was at Sandy Point on the Columbia Tap Railroad. Allen Levie became postmaster in 1879 and received mail three times a week. Thirteen years later, Margaret Wehrly moved the post office away from the center of Liverpool, and like many businesses it shifted closer to the newly erected iron bridge spanning Chocolate Bayou. From 1892 to 1900, the post office moved several times between the iron bridge and downtown Liverpool, usually operating from the postmaster's residence or business, such as the depot, general store, or ferry office. Henry Clement built the first postal building near his home in 1900. In 1908, the new Liverpool town site was laid out on the railroad. Later postmasters, including Louisa Richardson Ackerman Faulkner, who served a term during each of her three marriages, continued using homes or businesses near downtown until another post office was erected in 1942. With its twenty-third postmaster appointed in 1997, the Liverpool Post Office continues to serve the area.