North Liberty is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is a suburb of Iowa City and part of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 13,374. A special census taken by the city in 2004 counted 7,224 residents, while the Census Bureau's estimated 2007 population for North Liberty was 10,982.. From 2000 to 2010, North Liberty was the second-fastest growing town in Iowa. The North Liberty area was first settled in 1838 by John Gaylor and Alonzo C. Dennison. It was originally known as "Big Bottom" or "North Bend" by its earliest... settlers and was later known as "Squash Bend" before the city was platted as North Liberty in 1857. North Liberty incorporated on November 10, 1913, when its population was approximately 190. Population growth accelerated in the 1960s, and the Iowa City Community School District opened Penn Elementary there in 1961. A 1967 special census placed the city's population at 782.
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| County: | Johnson County |
| State: | Iowa |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 12,413 |
| Area: | 6.8 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | North Liberty, Iowa, Johnson County / North Liberty city |