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History · New Liberty

New Liberty’s post office opened in 1857, and 49% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1890 on and the census since 1910.

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How New Liberty began

When was New Liberty founded?

1857

The New Liberty post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 93 in 19102020 census: 138169 years
Founding year: the first New Liberty post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about New Liberty’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of New Liberty are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18904 editions of the USGS map, 1890 to 1991. Watch New Liberty change.Old housesHalf of New Liberty’s homes were built before 1941.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how New Liberty’s history is told.

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On the map

New Liberty on the map, 1890 to 1991

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of New Liberty. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

New Liberty on the 1890 USGS mapNew Liberty on the 1953 USGS mapNew Liberty on the 1970 USGS mapNew Liberty on the 1991 USGS map1890Durant sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of New Liberty.

The story so far

New Liberty, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of New Liberty yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

New Liberty is a city in Scott County, Iowa, United States. The population was 138 at the time of the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1857. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 137 in 2010, 138 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

By decade

New Liberty, decade by decade

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People over time

New Liberty, census by census

0100192019401960198020002020Peak: 145

Between 93 and 145 people in every census since 1910.

12 censuses, 1910–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on New Liberty’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

Famous people close to New Liberty

Nobody well known was born in New Liberty itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Lara Flynn BoyleAmerican actress · b. 1970
Seth RollinsAmerican professional wrestler and actor · b. 1986
Julia MichaelsAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1993
Sue LyonAmerican actress · b. 1946
Bix BeiderbeckeAmerican jazz musician · b. 1903
Susan GlaspellAmerican writer · b. 1876
Places that used to be

Places now gone

New Liberty’s post office has been open since 1857.

Gone or out of use
New Libertylocale

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about New Liberty’s history

What year was New Liberty founded?

The New Liberty post office opened in 1857, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.