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History · Liberty Township

33% of Liberty Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1960 on.

0on the National Register
33%homes built before 1940
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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.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Liberty Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Lost villages3 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Liberty Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.
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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.
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Places that used to be

Lost post offices and old corners

Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hackleman
1871–1902
Weaver
1880–1902
Radley
1899–1911
18701950today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HacklemanRadleyWeaver

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

The story so far

Liberty Township, in brief

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

Liberty Township is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,028 and it contained 428 housing units.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,028 to 898 (-13%).

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

Timeline

Liberty Township, 1871 to 1960

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1871Post officeThe Hackleman post office opens
  3. 1880Post officeThe Weaver post office opens
  4. 1899Post officeThe Radley post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Hackleman post office closes
  7. 1902Post officeThe Weaver post office closes
  8. 1911Post officeThe Radley post office closes
  9. 1960On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Liberty Township on the map, 1960 to 1981

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

Liberty Township on the 1960 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1981 USGS map1960Fairmount sheet · 1:24,000

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

Famous people

Famous people close to Liberty Township

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

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James DeanAmerican actor · b. 1931
Zach RandolphAmerican basketball player · b. 1981
Miriam SeegarAmerican actress and interior decorator · b. 1907
Bill GaitherAmerican singer and songwriter · b. 1936
Mary Jane WardAmerican writer · b. 1905
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Thomas Francis, Jr.American physician, virologist, and epidemiolog… · b. 1900
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Boone TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townGreen TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townFranklin TownshipIts storyC+Fairmount Township3 historic placesA−Mill Township3 historic placesA−

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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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, 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.