Liggartown is a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Urney and covers an area of 261 acres.
Liggartown is one of three townlands which meet in the centre of the village of Sion Mills, the others being Seein and Ballyfatten. Herdmans Mill, around which the village was built, is in Liggartown, and was preceded on the site by a corn mill which was mentioned in the 1640 Civil Survey as part of the Abercorn estate.
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:
Year 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 Population 540 44 70 53 56 57 Houses 47 8 12 7 10 9
See also List of townlands of County Tyrone
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