Liberty, Missouri

Liberty, Missouri
City
Historic Clay County Courthouse in Liberty, Missouri
Location in the state of Missouri and in Clay County
Coordinates: 39°14′27″N 94°25′08″W / 39.24083°N 94.41889°W / 39.24083; -94.41889[1]
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Clay
Incorporated	May 7, 1829 (as a town),[2] 1851 (as a city)[3]
Government
• Type	Mayor-Council-Administrator
• Mayor	Greg Canuteson
Area [4]
• Total	29.16 sq mi (75.52 km2)
• Land	29.03 sq mi (75.19 km2)
• Water	0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2)
Elevation [1]	863 ft (263 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	30,167
• Density	1,039.09/sq mi (401.19/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	64068, 64069
Area code	816
FIPS code	29-42032[5]
GNIS feature ID	2395700[1]
Website	www.libertymissouri.gov

Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Missouri, United States^[6] and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census^[7] the population was 30,167. Liberty is home to William Jewell College.