Liberty, Utah
CDP in Utah, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberty is a census-designated place in Weber County, Utah, 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 census county division.
Liberty | |
|---|---|
 Looking down the Ogden Valley across a ranch field in Liberty. Durst Mountain (Morgan County) is in the background. | |
 Location in Weber County and the state of Utah | |
| Coordinates: 41°20′33″N 111°51′54″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Weber |
| Settled | 1859 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.9 sq mi (15 km2) |
| • Land | 5.9 sq mi (15 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 5,167 ft (1,575 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,257 |
| • Density | 210/sq mi (82/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code | 84310 |
| Area code(s) | 385, 801 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2584770[2] |
Liberty lies in the northwestern Ogden Valley of the Wasatch Range, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) across the North Ogden Divide and east of North Ogden[4] and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Eden. Near Liberty are Nordic Valley, Utah State Route 158, and the Nordic Valley ski resort. To the southeast, just past Eden, are Pineview Reservoir and the town of Huntsville. Avon Road, formerly State Route 162, leads north over the Avon Pass to Avon.
British trapper and explorer Peter Skene Ogden was the first European to map and describe the "Ogden Hole" valley which would later include Liberty.[5] The Liberty area was settled beginning in 1859 as an outgrowth of Eden. In 1892, a separate townsite was laid out[4] and a separate ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints organized.[6][7] The name came from John Freeman's remarks that both cattle and people took "full liberty" in the area.[8]
Settlement happened gradually, homes built one at a time rather than in tract housing.[citation needed] 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]
As of the census[3] 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.
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.[10]
- David Eccles, Utah's first multimillionaire; his family lived in Liberty briefly after immigrating from Scotland in 1863
- Casey Snider, member of the Utah House of Representatives
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