Liberty Township, Union County, Indiana
township in Union County, Indiana
Liberty Township is one of six townships in Union County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,025 and it contained 451 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25 square miles (65 km2), of which 23.72 square miles (61.4 km2) (or 94.88%) is land and 1.28 square miles (3.3 km2) (or 5.12%) is water.
Unincorporated towns
Dunlapsville at 39.5908823°N 84.9935723°W / 39.5908823; -84.9935723
Roseburg at 39.5889385°N 84.9469043°W / 39.5889385; -84.9469043
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
Brownsville Township (north)
Center Township (east)
Union Township (southeast)
Harmony Township (south)
Jennings Township, Fayette County (west)
Waterloo Township, Fayette County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains these two cemeteries: Patterson and Silver Creek.
“Liberty Township, Union County, Indiana” enters the record as township in Union County, Indiana. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Liberty, Township and Union can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6542130. Authority coordinates are 39.619, -84.995. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2020 and 2010.
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