unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), 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 counte ...
Logan County Logan County is the name of ten current counties and one former county in the United States:
* Logan County, Arkansas
* Logan County, Colorado
* Logan County, Idaho (1889–1895)
* Logan County, Illinois
* Logan County, Kansas
* Logan County ...
,
Ohio
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post office
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plat
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ted in 1834. A post office has been in operation at East Liberty since 1836. A
Disciples of Christ
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minister, Alonzo Skidmore, organized the Central Ohio College at East Liberty in 1882. Formally established in the following year, it prospered before financial pressures forced its closure in the late 1890s. Memoirs of the Miami Valley '. Hover, John C., et al., eds. Vol. 1. Chicago: Robert O. Law, 1919, 300.
The community is the location of a major
Honda
commonly known as just Honda, is a Japanese multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate automotive manufacturer headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
Founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda, Honda has bee ...
automotive production plant,
East Liberty Auto Plant
East Liberty Auto Plant is a Honda automobile factory in East Liberty, Ohio, United States. The assembly plant opened in 1989. East Liberty is about 45 minutes northwest of Columbus, Ohio.
It was the first plant in North America to implement ...
(opened in 1989), as well as the NHTSA's Vehicle Research and Testing Center, located at the independent proving ground Transportation Research Center.
Besides U.S. Route 33, significant roads in East Liberty include State Routes
292
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Year 292 (Roman numerals, CCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hannibalianus and Asclepiodotus (or, less frequently, year 1045 ''Ab urbe condita'' ...
East Liberty is located in southern Perry Township at 40°18'27.6" North, 83°35'10.4" West (40.307682, -83.586221). According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, the CDP has an area of , all of it recorded as land. Otter Creek flows through the southern part of the community, leading northeast to Mill Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the
Scioto River
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