Liberty, Nebraska
Encyclopedia
Liberty is a village in Gage County
, Nebraska
, United States
. The population was 86 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the village has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), all of it land.
of 2000, there were 86 people, 34 households, and 24 families residing in the village. The population density
was 348.0 people per square mile (132.8/km²). There were 39 housing units at an average density of 157.8 per square mile (60.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.02% White, 3.49% Native American, 1.16% from other races
, and 2.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.49% of the population.
There were 34 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples
living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $18,750, and the median income for a family was $22,813. Males had a median income of $19,583 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income
for the village was $10,793. There were no families and 3.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 7.7% of those over 64.
hit the village particularly hard, and it never recovered from the shock of many farmers selling what they could and leaving town.
Gage County, Nebraska
-History:Gage County was formed with land taken from the Oto in an 1854 treaty. It was named after the minister William D. Gage.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 22,993 people, 9,316 households, and 6,204 families residing in the county. The population density was 27 people per...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
, United States
United States
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. The population was 86 at the 2000 census.
Geography
Liberty is located at 40°5′6"N 96°29′0"W (40.085028, -96.483336).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 86 people, 34 households, and 24 families residing in the village. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 348.0 people per square mile (132.8/km²). There were 39 housing units at an average density of 157.8 per square mile (60.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.02% White, 3.49% Native American, 1.16% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 2.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.49% of the population.
There were 34 households out of which 32.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $18,750, and the median income for a family was $22,813. Males had a median income of $19,583 versus $16,250 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the village was $10,793. There were no families and 3.5% of the population living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 7.7% of those over 64.
History
The area that would eventually become Liberty was being settled by whites as early as 1857. The town itself was founded by early settler David Palmer (1838-1876), who ran a trading post in the area. Palmer drowned in a nearby river and was buried in the Liberty Cemetery. The town also grew from the influx of railroad laborers who built the tracks that went through the village. In its heyday in 1890, Liberty had a population of 469, enough to support three grocery stores, a meat market, a livery, a dry goods store, a hotel, a law office, a hardware store, an undertaker, a lumber yard and barbershops, and its own newspaper, The Liberty Journal. But the money panic of 1893Panic of 1893
The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893. Similar to the Panic of 1873, this panic was marked by the collapse of railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures...
hit the village particularly hard, and it never recovered from the shock of many farmers selling what they could and leaving town.
Notable natives of Liberty
- Joseph R. Buffington (state legislator, 1885-87)
- G. R. Fouke (state legislator, 1897-99)
- Kenneth S. WherryKenneth S. WherryKenneth Spicer Wherry was a Republican United States Senator from Nebraska.-Early life:He was born in Liberty, Gage County, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, in 1914...
(U.S. senator) - Raymond McCaw (former editor, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
)