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East Liberty is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Perry Township, Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 371. It is located just off U.S. Route 33, 10 miles (16 km) east of Bellefontaine and 46 miles (74 km) northwest of Columbus. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43319. East Liberty was platted in 1834. A post office has been in operation at East Liberty since 1836. A Disciples of Christ minister, Alonzo Skidmore, organized the Central Ohio College at East Liberty in 1882. Formally established in the following year, it prospered before financial pressures forced its closure in the late 1890s. The communit…
East Liberty was established in 1834. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 366 in 2010, 371 in 2020.
Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.
On the map
East Liberty on the map, 1913 to 1982
Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Liberty. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.
1913East Liberty 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 East Liberty.
From the old history books
What they wrote about East Liberty in 1880
Passages that mention East Liberty, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Logan County and Ohio1880 · page 529Read the page →
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C. H. Austin succeeded him, and did business at the same place for a year or two, when, upon the laying out of East Liberty, the store was moved into the town. The first tavern was kept in the village of East Liberty, and the first postoffice was established at Garwood's Mill, and went by the name of the mill until the laying out of the village, when
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History of Logan County and Ohio1880 · page 528Read the page →
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Dudley were among the first Baptist preachers. The first church org-anized and the' first house of worship built was by the Methodists at East Liberty. The present site of the town of North Greenfield was a camp-meeting ground long before there was a town laid out on it. A Methodist Church was finally built on this old camp-ground, and is still used
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History of Logan County and Ohio1880 · page 538Read the page →
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Dudley were among the first Baptist preachers. The first church organized and the first house of worship built was by the Methodists at East Liberty. The present site of the town of North Greenfield was a camp-meeting ground long before there was a town laid out on it. A Methodist Church was finally built on this old camp-ground, and is still used
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History of Logan County and Ohio1880 · page 507Read the page →
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and in two different directions, one running to the Skidmore settlement and the other to the Bates settlement. Itnow runs from Mt. Victory to East Liberty. As the different ‘portions of the township were settled, other roads were blazed and the trees cut out. The Bellefontaine and Jerusalem road was piked in the year 1877. There is now in construction a
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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.
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 →
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