Hightower, Texas

Hightower is an unincorporated community in Liberty County, Texas, United States. It is a geographic area without official borders, centered on the intersection of 20px FM 787 and 20px FM 2518. It contains small farms, pastures, ranchettes, timber plantations, individual residential lots, small Protestant churches, and a Georgia Pacific lumber mill.EtymologyIn 1899, the area became an official place named Lamb when it received a mail stop on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (now BNSF Railway). The name Lamb was taken from the last name of its first postmaster, Charles C. Lamb. The area was rechristened Hightower in 1912 in honor of district judge Lewis B. Hightower, Sr., who lived there while serving on the Ninth Judicial District bench from 1888 until his death in 1918.GovernmentLaw enforcement is provided by the Liberty County Sheriff's office. Mail stops in the area are addressed "Cleveland, Texas", even though Hightower is six miles away from the City of Cleveland's incorporated area. The zip code is 77327.