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Welcome to Liberty ...

Liberty is located in Washington County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Liberty, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Liberty is 140 feet [43 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Liberty lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Liberty: 401

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), 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), Oklahoma (6), Oregon (3), Pennsylvania (4), 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.

Websites for Liberty ...

Junior League:   www.jlri.org/

Communities near Liberty ...

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

  • Warwick
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cranston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Coventry
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Coventry is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 34,931 people
  • South Kingstown
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Johnston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • West Warwick
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • West Warwick is located in Kent County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
  • North Kingstown
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • North Kingstown is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
  • Newport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Westerly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Westerly is located in Washington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westerly
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 22,328 people
  • Bristol
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Bristol is located in Bristol County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 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 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 (so far) for Liberty was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Liberty post office opened in 1880. The Liberty post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Liberty.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of the state's counties, including Washington, 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>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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