Welcome to New Liberty ...

New Liberty is located in Pope County<1>.

The location of New Liberty has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

The pronunciation of New Liberty: LIB-uhr-tee<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of New Liberty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1848.

New Liberty is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: New Liberty lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The telephone area code for New Liberty: (618)

Communities Also Named New Liberty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named New Liberty - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Mississippi, Missouri (2), Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas.

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

Communities near New Liberty ...

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

• Paducah
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paducah
  • Paducah is located in McCracken County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,883 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Paducah <5>
• Metropolis
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Metropolis
  • Metropolis is located in Massac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,885 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Metropolis <5>
• Benton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
  • Benton is located in Marshall County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,467 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Benton <5>
• Calvert City
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Calvert City
  • Calvert City is located in Marshall County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,509 people
  • Calvert City has also been known as:
  • Calvert
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Calvert City <5>
• Brookport
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brookport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookport
  • Brookport is located in Massac County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 815 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brookport <5>
• Salem
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
  • Salem is located in Livingston County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 717 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <5>
• Golconda
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Golconda have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golconda
  • Golconda is located in Pope County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 622 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Golconda <5>
• Kuttawa
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuttawa
  • Kuttawa is located in Lyon County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 618 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kuttawa <5>
• Lone Oak
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lone Oak have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
  • Lone Oak is located in McCracken County (KY)
• Grand Rivers
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grand Rivers have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grand Rivers
  • Grand Rivers is located in Livingston County (KY)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grand Rivers <5>

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 New Liberty. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for New Liberty.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of New 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 New Liberty.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for New Liberty ...

Looking for more information about New 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 New Liberty, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for New Liberty.

Adding New Liberty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of New 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 New Liberty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the New Liberty post office opened in 1848.

We also found New Liberty in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for New Liberty.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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