Liberty, IL

Liberty is a village in Adams County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 543 residents. Liberty is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. Liberty Township began with the first settlement made on Section 28, by Daniel Lile, in the spring of 1822, and many old settlers followed about the same time. Liberty High School is located at 505 N. That mix gives Liberty a clear local shape within Illinois, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. The first regular preacher was George Wolfe of the Dunkard denomination. Liberty is 78 miles west of Springfield, Illinois, the state capital, and 97 miles northwest of St. Louis.