New Liberty is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in northern
Owen County,
Kentucky
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, United States. Kentucky Routes
36 and
227
Year 227 ( CCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Senecio and Fulvius (or, less frequently, year 980 '' Ab urbe cond ...
run through the community. Despite being unincorporated, it has a post office with a
ZIP Code of 40355.
The
Jacob Hunter House is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
. Much of the downtown area is also listed as the
New Liberty Historic District.
New Liberty was
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bea ...
ted in 1815.
A former variant name was "Twin Meeting House", after a church located in the community.
A post office called New Liberty has been in operation since 1823.
References
External links
Northern Kentucky Views: A Broad Collection of Images and Texts On the History of Northern Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Owen County, Kentucky
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