The story
Read it all →How Liberty Township came to be
From Wikipedia’s history of Liberty Township.
The Andrew Brier House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
★ What stands out · Places that used to be
Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds
Six other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Warren
Clark's Cross Roads
Carbondale
Cameron Springs
Kramer
Judyville
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
CarbondaleFive PointsJudyvilleKramerMudlavia Springs
5cemeteries and burying grounds inside Liberty Township
BartlettBrierGoodwineKesterMcCabe
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
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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.Timeline
Liberty Township, 1832 to 1962
Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.
- 19th century
- 1832Post officeThe Warren post office opens
- 1836Post officeThe Warren post office closes
- 1855Post officeThe Clark's Cross Roads post office opens
- 1858Post officeThe Clark's Cross Roads post office closes
- 1873Post officeThe Carbondale post office opens
- 20th century
- 1904Post officeThe Carbondale post office closes
- 1962
On 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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Liberty Township on the map, 1962 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.
1962Williamsport 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
4
each building in a district counts
first listed
1986
Andrew Brier House
Buildings
Architectural styles listings
Greek Revival1
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 680 and 1,408 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.
J
Jewell YoungAmerican basketball player/coach · b. 1913B
Bernard SobelAmerican playwright, drama critic, and author · b. 1887
W
William Lynn ParkinsonUnited States federal judge · b. 1902B
Bertha FosterFounding regent of the University of Miami · b. 1881Stories next door
History across the town line
Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.
Warren TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJordan TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWashington Township2 historic placesA−JudyvilleIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townPine Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town
Questions about Liberty Township’s history
What is on the National Register in Liberty Township?
One place: the Andrew Brier House (listed 1986).
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). How TownRatings grades history →
From the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, 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.