The story
Read it all →How Liberty Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Liberty Township.
The William Proctor House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History · Liberty Township
12% of Liberty Township’s homes were built before 1940
More historic than 54% of U.S. towns. What drives it
Its Register listing is the William Proctor House. Below: maps from 1948 on and the census since 1890.
1on the National Register
12%homes built before 1940
Quick answers
About Liberty Township’s history
How historic is Liberty Township?
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What drives the grade ↓More historic than 54% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
History grade
What drives Liberty Township’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Liberty Township is more historic than 54% of U.S. towns. All 2 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its National Register listings ranks highest and its share of homes from before 1940 lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Liberty Township’s overall grade.
Founding eraAge sits out for Liberty Township: no founding date holds up well enough to grade on–Homes built before 194011.7% of homes (±4.8) · typical IN town 14.4% · U.S. 8.4%B−National Register1 listing, 4.5 per 10,000 residents · typical IN town 7.9 · U.S. 2.4B−
All U.S. towns we grade (21,289)Ahead of 54%
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Indiana towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Indiana town has 7.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Liberty Township’s 4.5 sits near the middle of its state (53% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 1 listings outnumber those of 51% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on two of the three inputs, so a change in either one moves the letter more than it would with three. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±4.8 points).
Founding year: our sources. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Liberty Township’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
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Start Liberty Township’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Liberty Township’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos
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0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.By decade
Liberty Township, decade by decade
Today1 recent
2013On the map
Liberty Township on the map, 1948 to 1980
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Liberty Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1948Milltown sheet · 1:24,000U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Liberty Township.
On the National Register
1 historic place in Liberty Township
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
2013
William Proctor House
Buildings
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
People over time
Liberty Township, census by census
Between 1,307 and 2,045 people in every census since 1890.
14 censuses, 1890–2020.
U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Liberty Township’s Wikipedia page.
Famous people
See all →Famous people close to Liberty Township
Nobody well known was born in Liberty Township itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Questions about Liberty Township’s history
How does Liberty Township rank for history?
Liberty Township is more historic than 54% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Liberty Township?
One place: the William Proctor House (listed 2013).
How old are the homes in Liberty Township?
12% of Liberty Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±4.8 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1976.
Memory lane
What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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Sources
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (1), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) 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.