| area_total_sq_mi = 5.9
| area_land_sq_mi = 5.9
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.0
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1859
| founder =
| named_for =
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_footnotes = [2]
| population_total = 1257
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
| timezone = Mountain (MST)
| utc_offset = -7
| timezone_DST = MDT
| utc_offset_DST = -6
| elevation_footnotes = [3]
| elevation_ft = 5167
| coordinates = {{coord|41|20|33|N|111|51|54|W|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type = ZIP code
| postal_code = 84310
| area_code = 385, 801
| blank_name = GNIS feature ID
| blank_info = 2584770[3]
}}Liberty is a census-designated place in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 1,257 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Liberty lies in the northwestern Ogden Valley of the Wasatch Range, some {{convert|7|mi}} up North Ogden Canyon eastward from North Ogden[5] and {{convert|4|mi}} northwest of Eden. East of Liberty are Nordic Valley, Utah State Route 158, and the Wolf Mountain ski resort. To the southeast, just past Eden, are Pineview Reservoir and the town of Huntsville. Avon Road, formerly State Route 162, leads north through the mountains to Avon.
History
British trapper and explorer Peter Skene Ogden was the first European to map and describe the "Ogden Hole" valley which would later include Liberty.[1] The Liberty area was settled beginning in 1859 as an outgrowth of Eden. In 1892, a separate townsite was laid out[5] and a separate ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized.[8][2] The name came from John Freeman's remarks that both cattle and people took "full liberty" in the area.[10]
Settlement happened gradually, homes built one at a time rather than in tract housing.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Traditionally a farming and ranching community, Liberty has developed in recent years into a recreational community and commuter town for the Ogden area.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}}
{{US Census population|align=left
|1900 = 274
|1910 = 275
|1920 = 252
|1930 = 281
|1940 = 234
|1950 = 196
|2010 = 1257
|footnote = Source: U.S. Census Bureau[11]
}}Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 1,257 people residing 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 in Pleasant View.[13]
Notable people
- Carl B. Cook—Member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the LDS Church[14]
- David Eccles (businessman)—Utah's first multimillionaire; his family lived in Liberty briefly after immigrating from Scotland in 1863
See also
{{portal|Utah}}- List of census-designated places in Utah
References
1. ^{{cite web| url= http://ogdenhole.com/| title= Welcome to Huntsville, Eden and Liberty| work= ogdenhole.com |access-date= 2015-08-21}}
2. ^{{cite web| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ea0EAAAAIAAJ&q=Liberty,+Utah+weber&dq=Liberty,+Utah+weber&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAzgKahUKEwiLpLy9-rrHAhWGlogKHafnB50 | page= 22 | title= Inventory of the County Archives of Utah: Weber County (Ogden)| volume= 29 |work=Inventory of the County Archives of Utah | access-date= 2015-08-21| quote= Liberty, the only other settlement in Ogden Hole, is an outgrowth of Eden which only began to grow distinct after 1871; it was organized as a L.D.S. Ward in 1892.}}
3. ^1 2 {{cite web | title = American FactFinder | url = http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US4944870 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = August 27, 2012}}
4. ^1 2 {{gnis|2584770|Liberty}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite book | author = John W. Van Cott | title = Utah Place Names | year = 1990 | publisher = University of Utah Press | location = Salt Lake City, Utah | pages = 225–226 | isbn = 0-87480-345-4}}
6. ^1 {{cite web | title = Liberty | work = Utah History Resource Center: Markers and Monuments Database | publisher = Utah Department of Community and Culture | url = http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1828 | accessdate = August 29, 2012 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://archive.is/20121214084052/http://history.utah.gov/apps/markers/detailed_results.php?markerid=1828 | archivedate = December 14, 2012 | df = }}
7. ^1 {{cite book | last = Roberts | first = Richard C. |author2=Richard W. Sadler | title = A History of Weber County | series = Utah Centennial County History Series |date=January 1997 | publisher = Utah State Historical Society | location = Salt Lake City | pages = 83–84 | isbn = 0-913738-14-X | url = http://utah.ptfs.com/awweb/guest.jsp?smd=1&cl=all_lib&lb_document_id=34430 | format = PDF}}
8. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ |title=Census of Population and Housing |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |accessdate=November 18, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208103743/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ |archivedate=February 8, 2006 |df= }}
9. ^1 {{cite web | url = http://www.whs.weber.k12.ut.us/ | title = School Information | publisher = Weber High School | accessdate = August 30, 2012}}
10. ^1 {{cite news | title = N. Utah business leader called to First Quorum of Seventy | newspaper = Standard-Examiner | date = April 2, 2011 | url = http://www.standard.net/topics/business/2011/04/02/n-utah-business-leader-called-first-quorum-seventy | accessdate = August 30, 2012}}