Mount Liberty, Ohio

Community post office

Mount Liberty is an unincorporated community on the border between the Milford and Liberty Townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43048.[1] It lies along the concurrent U.S. Route 36 and State Route 3.

History

Mount Liberty was laid out in 1835.[2] The community was named for the lofty elevation of the town site, and for its location within Liberty Township.[3] A post office called Mount Liberty has been in operation since 1838.[4] Besides the post office, Mount Liberty had a station on the Cleveland Akron, and Columbus Railroad.[5]

References

  1. Zip Code Lookup
  2. Graham, Albert Adams (1881). History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio. A. A. Graham & Company. p. 500.
  3. Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 92.
  4. "Knox County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. http://www.west2k.com/ohstations/knox.shtml

Coordinates: 40°20′48″N 82°37′49″W / 40.34667°N 82.63028°W / 40.34667; -82.63028


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