Liberty is a town in and the county seat of Union County, Indiana, United States, located about west of the state's border with Ohio.

The Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District, Liberty Residential Historic District, and Union County Courthouse are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

thumb|Aerial view of Liberty

According to the 2010 census, Liberty has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, Liberty had a population of 2,000. The median age was 39.2 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.8 males age 18 and over.

0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.

There were 839 households in Liberty, of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 39.7% were married-couple households, 19.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 32.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. of 2010, there were 2,133 people, 832 households, and 558 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 930 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 96.8% White, 0.8% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.4% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.8% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1.5% of the population.

There were 832 households, of which 39.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% were married couples living together, 18.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.9% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.06.

The median age in the town was 34.7 years. 28.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 24.7% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 14.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 46.6% male and 53.4% female.

2000 census

As of the census The town is home to Union County Elementary School, Union County Middle School, and Union County High School.

The town has a lending library, the Union County Public Library.

Notable people

  • Walter F. Bossert, Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s
  • Ambrose Burnside, Union Army general, governor and U.S. senator from Rhode Island
  • Chad Collyer, professional wrestler
  • Jay Hall Connaway, realist painter
  • Samuel Duvall, archer, competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics
  • Bob Jenkins, NASCAR and IndyCar announcer
  • Frederick L. Martin, commander of the first aerial circumnavigation of the globe, commander of the U.S. Army Air Forces
  • William McKendree Snyder, landscape painter

In Episode 2 of Series 2 of BBC's Sherlock, "The Hounds of Baskerville", a CIA research project is discovered to have taken place in Liberty.

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