Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Liberty, Pennsylvania
|other_name =
|native_name =
|nickname =
|settlement_type = Borough
|motto =
|image_skyline = Liberty Pennsylvania Blockhouse Festival.JPG
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Downtown Liberty, Pennsylvania, circa mid-2000s, during the annual Blockhouse Festival Parade
| pushpin_map = USA Pennsylvania#USA
| pushpin_label = Liberty
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Pennsylvania
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = Pennsylvania
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Tioga
|government_footnotes =
|government_type =
|leader_title =
|leader_name =
|leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 =
|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1792
|established_title2 = Incorporated (borough)
|established_date2 = 1893
|area_magnitude =
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 1.23
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.48
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_note =
|population_total = 234
|population_density_km2 = 189.65
|population_density_sq_mi = 491.60
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset =
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST =
|coordinates = {{coord|41|33|30|N|77|06|17|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_footnotes =
|elevation_ft = 1598
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 16930
|area_code = 570
|blank_name = FIPS code
|blank_info = 42-43128
|blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank1_info = 1215624
|website =
|footnotes =
|pop_est_as_of =
|pop_est_footnotes =
|population_est =
|area_land_km2 = 1.23
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.48
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00
|image_map = File:Tioga County Pennsylvania Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Liberty Highlighted.svg
|map_caption = Location of Liberty in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
}}
Liberty is a small borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 232 at the time of the 2020 census.{{cite web |title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=US Census Bureau |access-date=16 July 2022}}
Geography
Liberty is located at {{Coord|41|33|30|N|77|6|14|W|type:city}} (41.558446, -77.103839).{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.3 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=right
|1900= 263
|1910= 253
|1920= 194
|1930= 221
|1940= 280
|1950= 271
|1960= 269
|1970= 235
|1980= 220
|1990= 199
|2000= 230
|2010= 249
|2020= 232
|estyear=2021
|estimate=231
|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|title=Census of Population and Housing|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}{{cite web|title=Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|work=Population Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=11 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611010502/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012.html|archivedate=11 June 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:42&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}
}}
As of the census of 2010, there were 249 people, 93 households, and 85 families residing in the borough.{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/popfinder/?fl=4211743128 |title=2010 Demographic Profile - U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=2017-12-06 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104358/http://www.census.gov/popfinder/?fl=4211743128 |url-status=dead }}
The population density was {{convert|446.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were ninety-five housing units at an average density of {{convert|184.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.
The racial makeup of the borough was 99.13% White, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.
There were eighty-eight households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 56.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.
The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of eighteen, 9.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four 18.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-two years.
For every one hundre females there were 101.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 97.5 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $39,219, and the median income for a family was $38,542. Males had a median income of $27,813 compared with that of $19,688 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $17,690.
Roughly 4.9% of families and 9.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen. None who were aged sixty-five or older were living in poverty.
Notable people
- Jimmy Sebring, first baseball player to hit a World Series home run, was born in Liberty.
References
External links
- [http://www.liberty-pa.com/ Liberty, Pennsylvania]
{{Tioga County, Pennsylvania}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Populated places established in 1792