Welcome to West Liberty ...

So far, we found very little information about West Liberty. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added West Liberty to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with West Liberty, please Contact Us.

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West Liberty would have been located within present day Putnam County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of West Liberty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

A typical abbreviation for West Liberty: W. Liberty

While the community is gone, the present day location for West Liberty is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where West Liberty was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where West Liberty was located: 660

Communities Also Named West Liberty ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named West Liberty - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio (4), Pennsylvania (3) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near West Liberty ...

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

• Milan
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Milan is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milan
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,764 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milan <4>
• Unionville
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Unionville is located in Putnam County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unionville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,733 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Unionville <4>
• Seymour
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Seymour is located in Wayne County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 699 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Seymour <4>
• Green City
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Green City is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 582 people
• Allerton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Allerton is located in Wayne County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allerton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 507 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allerton <4>
• Cincinnati
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Cincinnati is located in Appanoose County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cincinnati
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 345 people
• Newtown
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Newtown is located in Sullivan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newtown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 163 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newtown <4>
• Exline
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Exline is located in Appanoose County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exline
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
• Promise City
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Promise City is located in Wayne County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Promise City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
• Numa
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Numa is located in Appanoose County (IA)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Numa
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people

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

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

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

Adding West Liberty to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of West Liberty in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for West Liberty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the West Liberty post office opened in 1855. The West Liberty post office closed in 1908.

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