Liberty Center, Iowa

Liberty Center, Iowa
Unincorporated community
Liberty Center, Iowa
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Coordinates: 41°12′15″N 93°30′0″W
Country	United States
State	Iowa
County	Warren
Elevation	1,024 ft (312 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip Codes	50145
Area code	641
GNIS feature ID	458322[1]

Liberty Center is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Iowa, United States. It lies along U.S. Route 65 south of the city of Indianola, the county seat of Warren County.[2] Its elevation is 1,024 feet (312 m), and it is located at about 41°12′16″N 93°30′0″W (41.2043016, -93.4999210).[1] Although Liberty Center is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 50145,[3] which opened on 7 March 1865.[4]

History

Liberty Center was laid out in 1875.[5] Its population in 1915 was 74.[6] The population was 130 in 1940.[7]

Education

Southeast Warren Community School District, headquartered in Liberty Center,[8] was formed in 1959 as a consolidation of area schools.[9] It operates SE Warren Elementary in Milo, SE Warren Intermediate in Lacona, and SE Warren Junior-Senior High in Liberty Center.[8]

References

1. "Liberty Center, Iowa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Rand McNally.The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 38.
3. Zip Code Lookup
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Liberty Center Post Office
5. The History of Warren County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &c, Volume 1. Higginson Book Company. 1879. p. 509.
6. Atlas of Johnson County, Iowa, 1917 :: Iowa Counties Historic Atlases. pp. 63–66.
7. The Attorneys List. United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department. 1940. p. 304.
8. "Schools." Southeast Warren Community School District. Retrieved on June 21, 2018. "Southeast Warren School Community District 16331 TYLER ST LIBERTY CENTER, IA 50145"
9. Home. Southeast Warren School Community District. Retrieved on June 21, 2018.