Liberty Center, Iowa
unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa
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. 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). Although Liberty Center is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 50145, which opened on 7 March 1865.
History
Liberty Center was laid out in 1875. Its population in 1915 was 74. The population was 130 in 1940.
Education
Southeast Warren Community School District, headquartered in Liberty Center, was formed in 1959 as a consolidation of area schools. It operates SE Warren Elementary in Milo, SE Warren Intermediate in Lacona, and SE Warren Junior-Senior High in Liberty Center.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6541644. VIAF identifies the subject as 230055881. The Library of Congress control number is n2012005633. Authority coordinates are 41.204, -93.500. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1865, 1875, 1915 and 1940.
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