Mount Liberty, Ohio

Mount Liberty is an unincorporated community on the border between the Milford and Liberty Townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States.[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43048.[2] It lies along the concurrent U.S. Route 36 and State Route 3.

History

Mount Liberty was laid out in 1835.[3] The community was named for the lofty elevation of the town site, and for its location within Liberty Township.[4] A post office called Mount Liberty has been in operation since 1838.[5] Besides the post office, Mount Liberty had a station on the Cleveland Akron, and Columbus Railroad.[6]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Liberty, Ohio
  2. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
  3. Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p. 500.
  4. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 92.
  5. "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
  6. "Knox County Ohio Railroad Stations".

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