Mount Liberty, Ohio

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

Location of Mount Liberty in Ohio
Community post office

History

Mount Liberty was laid out in 1835.[2] The community was named for the lofty elevation of the town site, and for its location within Liberty Township.[3] A post office called Mount Liberty has been in operation since 1838.[4] Besides the post office, Mount Liberty had a station on the Cleveland Akron, and Columbus Railroad.[5]

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References
  1. Zip Code Lookup
  2. 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.
  3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 92.
  4. "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. http://www.west2k.com/ohstations/knox.shtml

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