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Three Rivers is a city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,848 at the 2010 census.

Mrs. Annie T. Hamilton of Cuero owned a tract of estate in the Brush Country where Three Rivers now sits. At the urging of Mrs. Hamilton, Charles R. Tips came to the Brush Country. In 1913, Mrs. Hamilton paid the San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railroad to construct a depot upon her land. Tips organized a townsite company and sold land for the township. On July 4, 1913 the town began later a grand initiation and first sale of land. From its formation, it was expected as a segregated township, with the “Mexican” section located together with the river and the railroad tracks, west of the thing section. This can still be seen today in the differences of street names, even though provoked segregation done many decades past.

The city is named for its proximity to three rivers, the Atascosa River, the Frio River, and the Nueces River (the Atascosa joins the Frio north of the city, while the Frio joins the Nueces south of the city). Originally named Hamiltonburg, the city name was changed considering mail intended for the city was accidentally delivered to Hamilton, Texas instead. Tips suggested the town be named for its location close the rivers, and Three Rivers was credited as the additional name by the name office department on May 1, 1914. Three Rivers was incorporated in 1926 and operates below the general-law aldermanic form of government. In 1925 its population was estimated at 1,000, in 1931 at 1,275, and in 1965 at 1,932, with seventy businesses.