Liberty, Nebraska

Liberty is a village in Gage County, Nebraska, United States.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2), all land.

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.

[7] 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.

But the money panic of 1893 hit the village particularly hard, and it never recovered from the shock of many farmers selling what they could and leaving town.

Map of Nebraska highlighting Gage County