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Welcome to Liberty ...

Liberty is located in Sequoyah County<1>.


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


While we don't have a date for the founding of Liberty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1914.

Liberty is 800 feet [244 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Telephone area codes for Liberty: (918) & (539)<4>

Communities Also Named Liberty ...

While we believe that this Liberty is located in Sequoyah County, we know of another 5 Oklahoma communities named Liberty. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bryan, Canadian, Cherokee, Stephens and Tulsa County.

Beyond Oklahoma, there are 127 communities that are also named Liberty - they are located in Alabama (7), Arizona, 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), 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.

  • Fort Smith
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Van Buren
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Van Buren have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Van Buren
    • Van Buren is located in Crawford County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,812 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Van Buren <5>
  • Sallisaw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Alma
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alma
    • Alma is located in Crawford County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,887 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alma <5>
  • Barling
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barling
    • Barling is located in Sebastian County (AR)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,064 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barling <5>
  • Pocola
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocola have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocola
    • Pocola is located in Le Flore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pocola <5>
  • Roland
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Roland have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roland
    • Roland is located in Sequoyah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,020 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Roland <5>
  • Muldrow
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Muldrow have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muldrow
    • Muldrow is located in Sequoyah County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,279 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Muldrow <5>
  • Spiro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spiro have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spiro
    • Spiro is located in Le Flore County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,154 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spiro <5>
  • Arkoma
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)

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.<6>

From that list, the Liberty post office opened in 1914.

We also found Liberty on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1922).

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 State of Oklahoma: https://www.ok.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Sequoyah, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Liberty - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (539) is an overlay for area code (918).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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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