Editing Liberty, North Carolina (section)

==History==
Originally named Liberty Oak, the town was founded in 1809 near the plantation of John Leak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thetownofliberty.com|title=Liberty, NC - A Great Place to Live.|author=Liv Jones|publisher=|accessdate=April 10, 2016}}</ref> The first church within the town was the Liberty Christian Church (now the United Church of Christ) founded on October 11, 1884. The town's first school, the Liberty Academy, was founded on May 6, 1885, as a charter school, and helped to foster the town's early reputation as a place of higher learning. Liberty is home to the mother church of the Southern Baptist denomination (Sandy Creek Baptist Church)<!-- not history ), World Skeet Shoot Champion Craig Kirkman, the home of Chance Jones, and is the birthplace of professional baseball player [[Joe Frazier]]. -->.

The [[Liberty Historic District (Liberty, North Carolina)|Liberty Historic District]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2000, largely due to the efforts of Mrs. Francine Swaim, a local writer, teacher, and historian.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>