Liberty, Idaho

This article is about the unincorporated community in Bear Lake County. For the unincorporated community in Bingham County, see Liberty, Bingham County, Idaho.

Liberty, Idaho
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°23′28″N 111°19′15″W
Country	United States
State	Idaho
County	Bear Lake
Elevation	5,987 ft (1,825 m)
Time zone	UTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-6 (MDT)
GNIS feature ID	384597[1]

Liberty is an unincorporated community in Bear Lake County, Idaho, United States, about 6.75 miles (10.86 km) north–northeast of Paris along U.S. Route 30;[1]

History

The community was first settled by settlers of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints under the overall leadership of Charles C. Rich in 1864.[2]

Liberty's population was 80 in 1909,[3] and was 60 in 1960.[4]

See also

Idaho portal

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Liberty
2. Leonard J. Arrington. History of Idaho. Vol. 1, p. 273
3. Davis, Ellis A. (1909). Davis' New Commercial Encyclopedia: Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, the Pacific Northwest. Ellis A. Davis. p. 189.
4. World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.