Liberty is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

in Weber County,

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, United States. The population was 1,257 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ogden– Clearfield, Utah

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, as well as the

Ogden Valley Ogden Valley ( Shoshone: Ink-ah-we-in-da, “Red Pass Basin”) is a high mountain valley and ski resort community in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,855 at the 2010 census. Planning in the valley is managed by a special ...

census county division.

Geography

Liberty lies in the northwestern

of the

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, approximately across the North Ogden Divide and east of North Ogden and northwest of Eden. Near Liberty are Nordic Valley, Utah State Route 158, and the Nordic Valley ski resort. To the southeast, just past Eden, are

Pineview Reservoir Pineview Dam is located in Ogden Canyon, east of Ogden, Utah, United States. Description Pineview Dam is located at the eastern end of Ogden Canyon at the confluence of the north, south, and center forks of the Ogden River. The western half o ...

and the town of

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. Avon Road, formerly State Route 162, leads north over the Avon Pass to Avon.

History

British trapper and explorer

Peter Skene Ogden Peter Skene Ogden (alternately Skeene, Skein, or Skeen; baptised 12 February 1790 – 27 September 1854) was a British-Canadian fur trader and an early explorer of what is now British Columbia and the Western United States. During his many expedi ...

was the first European to map and describe the "Ogden Hole" valley which would later include Liberty. The Liberty area was settled beginning in 1859 as an outgrowth of Eden. In 1892, a separate townsite was laid out and a separate

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organized. The name came from John Freeman's remarks that both cattle and people took "full liberty" in the area. Settlement happened gradually, homes built one at a time rather than in

tract housing Tract housing is a type of housing development in which multiple similar houses are built on a tract (area) of land that is subdivided into smaller lots. Tract housing developments are found in suburb developments that were modeled on the "Levitt ...

. Traditionally a farming and ranching community, Liberty has developed in recent years into a recreational community and

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for the Ogden area.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,257 people living in the CDP. There were 437 housing units. The

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of the CDP was 96.2% White, 1.0% Asian, 0.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 0.9% from some other race, and 1.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.5% of the population.

Education

Liberty is part of the

Weber School District Weber School District () is a public school district located in Weber County, Utah, United States. The district covers all of Weber County, except the city of Ogden (which has its own district). History The district's origins reach as far back ...

, but has no schools of its own. Students attend elementary and junior high schools in Eden, and

Weber High School Weber High School is a Utah secondary school located in Pleasant View, Utah, about five miles north of Ogden. It serves the residents of Pleasant View, North Ogden, Harrisville, Huntsville, Eden, and Liberty. It is part of the Weber School ...

in Pleasant View.

Notable people

* David Eccles, Utah's first multimillionaire; his family lived in Liberty briefly after immigrating from Scotland in 1863 * Casey Snider, member of the

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References

External links

{{authority control Census-designated places in Utah Census-designated places in Weber County, Utah