On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Liberty Township is more historic than 97% 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.
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 227 sits above most of its state (89% of Indiana towns have fewer) while its 56 historic buildings outnumber those of 86% 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 (±7.3 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.
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Two other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
America
1837–1881
Treaty
1874–1935
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
AmericaTreaty
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Liberty Township
AmericaGardnerHaleStoneWaggoner
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 seven townships in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,191 (down from 2,365 at 2010) and it contained 979 housing units.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 2,365 to 2,191 (-7%).
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
From the old history books
What they wrote about Liberty Township in 1914
Passages that mention Liberty Township, cut from the printed page as they were published.
Town of America Consequently, Elihu Garrison and Jesse D. Scott platted the Town of America in Section 23 of Liberty Township. Both the proprietors were early pioneers of the White AVater Valley, who migrated to Wabash County about 1834. Although partners in America, tliey were of opposite politics, and were rival candidates for associate judge. Keverend
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If any school in the count\- outside of Wabash, was opened prior to the owv mentioned by .Mrs. Jonatluui Scott, tlu' author has not found the record of it. She said, many years ago, that the first school in Liberty Township was taught in a cabin built by John Ferree north of AnuTica. It was located on tlie old State Road, the teacher was George AV. Smith and she was one of ins pui)ils in tlie summer of 1837. The sc1kk)1 had been opened in the winteiof 1836-37. In 1837 a separate building was erected for a school in the Town of America. It was made
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
Timeline
Liberty Township, 1837 to 1953
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Liberty Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1953La Fontaine 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.
On the National Register
1 listing protects 56 historic buildings
The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
56
each building in a district counts
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
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.
Liberty Township is more historic than 97% 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.
How old are the homes in Liberty Township?
30% of Liberty Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±7.3 points), against a typical 14% for an Indiana town; the median home was built in 1962.
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 U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock), the USGS Geographic Names Information System and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
