Liberty
Ghost town · Logan County, Kentucky

Liberty is a ghost town in Logan County, Kentucky. It is one of 29 former communities in Logan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Liberty as a historical populated place on the South Union topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.8931° N, 86.7171° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | South Union |
|---|---|
| Nearest living town | Auburn, KY |
| Distance to it | 2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2743085 |
| Coordinates | 36.89314, -86.71706 |
What's there now
Liberty is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Auburn, KY (population 1,715), about 2 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Sugar Groveghost town · Logan County · 1.7 mi
- Knobsghost town · Simpson County · 5.3 mi
- Friendshipghost town · Logan County · 5.7 mi
- Duncans Shedghost town · Logan County · 6 mi
- Oak Groveghost town · Logan County · 6.3 mi
- Auburnghost town · Simpson County · 6.7 mi
- Cedar Groveghost town · Logan County · 7.7 mi
- New Salemghost town · Simpson County · 7.8 mi
- Locust Groveghost town · Simpson County · 8 mi
- Pilot Knobghost town · Warren County · 8.2 mi
- Prospect Hillghost town · Simpson County · 8.4 mi
- Concordghost town · Logan County · 8.5 mi
Questions
Where is Liberty?
Liberty is in Logan County, Kentucky, at 36.8931, -86.7171.
How many ghost towns are in Logan County?
Logan County, Kentucky has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.