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Liberty County
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county in Montana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Montana
- Founded
- February 11, 1920
- Named after
- Liberty
- Seat
- Chester
- Largest town
- Chester
- Total
- 1,447 sq mi (3,750 km )
- Land
- 1,430 sq mi (3,700 km )
- Water
- 17 sq mi (44 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 1,957
- Density
- 1.4/sq mi (0.54/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−7 ( Mountain )
- Summer dst
- UTC−6 ( MDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .co .liberty .mt .us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- liberty
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Montana
- Contains
- Chester
- Capital
- Chester
- Population
- 1959
- Area
- 3748
- Shares border with
- Pondera County
- Official website
- www.co.liberty.mt.us
- Image
- Liberty County Courthouse2.JPG
- Households
- 925
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- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Liberty County
- different from
- Liberty County
- Commons category
- Liberty County, Montana
- topic's main category
- Category:Liberty County, Montana
- inception
- 1920-11-02
- per capita income
- 46198
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Liberty County is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,959. Its county seat is Chester. The decision to separate the future Liberty County area from the previous Hill and Chouteau counties was carried in a 1919 vote; the organization was authorized to commence in the following February.
The southwestern corner of Liberty County holds Tiber Dam, a popular tourist and recreation area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liberty County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.