Liberty is a

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 ...

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 Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the

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

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Geography

Liberty lies in the northwestern

of the

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, approximately across the North Ogden Divide and east of

North Ogden North Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 20,916 at the 2020 census. North Ogden is on SR-235, three miles north of Ogden. It is a suburb of that city and is part of the Ogden- Clearfield, Utah Metropoli ...

and northwest of Eden. Near Liberty are Nordic Valley,

Utah State Route 158 Utah State Route 158 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. Spanning , it connects Powder Mountain Ski Resort and the towns of Liberty, Utah, Liberty and Eden, Utah, Eden with Utah State Route 39 in Ogden Canyon in Weber County, Utah, W ...

, 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 ...

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 exped ...

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

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. 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 racial makeup 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, 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 Scho ...

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 Casey Snider (born November 26, 1985) is an American politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 5th district. He assumed office on October 17, 2018. Early life and education Snider was raised in Liberty, Utah ...

, member of the

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References

External links

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