Macedonia is an unincorporated area in northern Liberty County, Texas, United States. Formerly a distinct community, it is located northeast of the junction of Texas State Highway 321 and Farm to Market Road 1008 and northwest of Liberty."Macedonia, Texas (Liberty County)." Handbook of Texas. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
In 1914, a syndicate in Chicago, Illinois purchased of land near the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway to form a community of Greek people that was intended to supply truck crops to supply the Galveston and Houston markets. The syndicate named the community "Macedonia," after a Baptist church in the area that had been established in 1845. Some Greek emigres worked at the local sawmills; the community did not organize in a manner that the founders had intended. A post office opened in 1915 and closed in 1922. Population estimates in subsequent decades ranged from 15 to 25. In the 1950s, the population was mostly African-American. In 1984, several scattered buildings and a church remained at the site. Its name is derived from the ancient Greek Kingdom of Macedonia.
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