1 of Liberty Township’s places is on the National Register
More historic than 24% of U.S. towns · #888 of 993 in Ohio. What drives it
Its Register listing is the Hughes School. Most of Liberty Township was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 2001. Below: 5 old photos and papers, maps from 1904 on, and the census since 1900.
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Liberty Township is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #888 of 993 in Ohio. Its National Register listings hold the grade up; its share of homes from before 1940 pulls it down.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Liberty Township’s overall grade.
Ohio towns list about as much on the Register as the country (a typical Ohio town has 2.9 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Liberty Township’s 0.2 sits near the middle of its state (46% of Ohio 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 (±0.8 points) is firm at this size.
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, places now gone and burying grounds
Seven other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.
Princeton
1816–1872
Bethany
1844–1957
Jericho
1852–1855
Hughes Station
1872–1881
Kyle
1879–1934
Clawson
1881–1900
Hughes
1881–1906
18101920today
Hamlets and corners on the map
Arbor CrestBethanyBrookviewCountry Club HighlandsCountry View EstatesDutchland WoodsEvergreen Farm EstatesGreystoneHughesHunting Creek EstatesHuntsvilleJerichoKylesLiberty TrailsLinn-Crest AcresMaustownPrincetonRockdaleSnow HillTaylor Village
Gone or out of use
Auburn Methodist Episcopal ChurchchurchBethany Post Officepost officeBethany Post Officepost officeHughes Post Officepost officeHuntsville Subdistrict School Number 1schoolSchool Number 2schoolSchool Number 5schoolSchool Number 6schoolSchool Number 7schoolSchool Number 8school
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Liberty Township
ClawsonSmalleySpring Hill
US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).
On the map
Liberty Township on the map, 1904 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.
1904Mason 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 Liberty Township.
The township was named for Liberty, Pennsylvania, at the suggestion of John Morrow, a resident in the township at the time of its formation in 1803 who was the brother of Ohio Governor Jeremiah Morrow, after his hometown. The first settler was John Nelson, who arrived in 1796, seven years before Ohio became a state. It is one of 25 Liberty Townships statewide.
The Miami and Erie Canal passed through the northwest corner of the township. The Dayton Short Line, now the Norfolk Southern, ran through the township.
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Liberty Township is more historic than 24% of U.S. towns, #888 of 993 in Ohio. 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 Hughes School (listed 1976).
How old are the homes in Liberty Township?
2% of Liberty Township’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate), against a typical 15% for an Ohio town; the median home was built in 2001.
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 (12), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, 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.
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