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Welcome to Liberty ...

Liberty is located in Maricopa County<1>.



While we don't have a date for the founding of Liberty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1901.

Liberty is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Liberty lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Liberty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 127 communities that are also named Liberty - they are located in Alabama (7), Arkansas (5), California (2), Colorado (4), Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Idaho (2), Illinois (4), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky (7), Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan (2), Mississippi (5), Missouri (3), Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico (3), New York, North Carolina (4), Ohio (5), Oklahoma (6), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (4), Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee (17), Texas (10), Utah (2), Virginia (6), Washington (2), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Liberty.

Communities near Liberty ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Liberty.

  • Surprise
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Goodyear
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Avondale
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Buckeye
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • El Mirage
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Tolleson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Youngtown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Litchfield Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cashion
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Palo Verde
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Liberty. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Liberty.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Liberty. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Liberty.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Liberty. See our Newspapers Page for Liberty.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Liberty ...

Looking for more information about Liberty? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Liberty, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Liberty.

Adding Liberty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Liberty in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Liberty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Liberty post office opened in 1901.

We also found Liberty on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Arizona and New Mexico (1925).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Liberty.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Liberty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Maricopa County: www.maricopa.gov/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Maricopa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Liberty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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