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Kimbolton UMC on MainPhoto: Nyttend · Public domain
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History · Liberty Township

14% of Liberty Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1909 on.

0on the National Register
14%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 villages2 post offices opened and closed inside today’s Liberty Township, and 3 old place names are still on the map.On the map since 19095 editions of the USGS map, 1909 to 1994. Watch Liberty Township change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Liberty Township’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
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, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

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

Kimbolton
1837–today
North Salem
1854–1906
Tyner
1875–1902
18301930today
Hamlets and corners on the map
KimboltonNorth SalemTyner
Gone or out of use
Chestnut Ridge SchoolschoolNorth Salem Post Officepost officePartridge Trap SchoolschoolSalt Fork SchoolschoolTyner Post Officepost office
4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Liberty Township
BellsKimboltonNorth SalemOld Kimbolton

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, 1909 to 1994

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 1909 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1912 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1962 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1972 USGS mapLiberty Township on the 1994 USGS map1909Cambridge 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 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 the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 884.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 946 to 884 (-7%).

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

Timeline

Liberty Township, 1837 to 1909

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

  1. 19th century
  2. 1837Post officeThe Kimbolton post office opens
  3. 1854Post officeThe North Salem post office opens
  4. 1875Post officeThe Tyner post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1902Post officeThe Tyner post office closes
  7. 1906Post officeThe North Salem post office closes
  8. 1909On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
By decade

Liberty Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
North Salem general store2015North Salem general storeKimbolton UMC on Main2015Kimbolton UMC on MainMap of Guernsey County Ohio Highlighting2015Map of Guernsey County Ohio HighlightingMapKimboltonOhio2014KimboltonOhioOHMap-doton-Kimbolton2004OHMap-doton-Kimbolton
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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William Rainey HarperAmerican academic administrator · b. 1856
Alexander Helwig WyantAmerican painter · b. 1836
David W. StewartAmerican politician · b. 1887
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Del AndersonAmerican football coach · b. 1911
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John H. LamneckAmerican jurist · b. 1891
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Naphtali LuccockAmerican bishop · b. 1853
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

Wheeling Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townCambridge Township10 historic placesAMonroe TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townJefferson Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townKnox TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Liberty Township’s history

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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 Wikimedia Commons (5), 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.