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The Liberty 53 School District operates ten elementary, four middle and two senior high schools. [20] Liberty has a public library, a branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library. [21] Liberty is also home to William Jewell College, a private, four-year liberal arts college of more than 900 undergraduate students that was founded in 1849. [22]
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 253,335, [1] making it the fifth-most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Liberty. [2] The county was organized January 2, 1822, and named in honor of U.S. Representative Henry Clay from Kentucky, later a member of the United States Senate and United States Secretary of State.
The State Fair was held during the First World War, [4] but was canceled in 1943 and 1944, during the Second World War. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman chose the Missouri State Fair as the place to formally launch his campaign for re-election to the Senate in 1940 , shortly after the collapse of the Pendergast machine.
www.liberty.k12.mo.us Liberty Public Schools (Sometimes referred to as Liberty 53 or LPS) is a public school district in Liberty, Missouri , United States . It encompasses almost 85 square miles with more than 12,000 students' grades Preschool through 12th in attendance.
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For a short time, during the Spanish–American War in 1898, the Liberty Tribune was published daily. [8] In February 2017, the Liberty Tribune merged with sister publications The Kearney Courier and The Smithville Herald to form the Courier-Tribune. The consolidated weekly newspaper was owned by St. Joseph-based News-Press & Gazette Company. [9]
Liberty Township is an inactive township in Clay County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] Liberty Township was erected in the 1820s, taking its name from Liberty, Missouri .
The average population of Missouri's counties is 53,880; St. Louis County is the most populous (987,059), and Worth County is the least (1,907). The average land area is 599 sq mi (1,550 km 2 ). The largest county is Texas County (1,179 sq mi, 3,054 km 2 ) and the smallest is St. Louis city (61.9 sq mi, 160 km 2 ).