Place:Liberty, Madison, Missouri, United States

Liberty township is in the southwest part of the county. In 1841 John Matthews, John Miller et al were ordered to view township lines so as to strike off a new township to include the neighborhood called the Creek Nation, thus Liberty Township was created and given this ideal name. In 1845 the entire county was redistricted; in 1848 Liberty was divided, the new township being called Arcadia; in 1857 Liberty Township was attached to Polk Township after Iron County was created. In 1858 a new Liberty Township was created and its boundaries defined. The boundaries were redefined in 1909. (County Court Record) - Source: Hamlett, Mayme L. "Place Names Of Six Southeast Counties Of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.