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Libertyville, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Andalusia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36420. The Survey maps it on the Libertyville quadrangle. 108 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 269 feet above sea level.

Libertyville within Covington County

Population over time

2 figures

Libertyville fell from 117 to 108 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010117
2020108-9 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

73 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Libertyville between 1994 and 2019, burning about 441 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2015Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150908-001
30 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2000Debris and open burning3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 August 2011Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCR 55, AL
24 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2007Natural3.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Covington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Libertyville: 8 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Covington County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Libertyville in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2002Tornado (F0)Libertyville$20,000A weak tornado briefly touched down near the community of Carolina, west of Libertyville. The tornado blew down several trees and also did minor roof damage to several homes. No injuries were reported.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Libertyville$15,000An F0 tornado first touched down on State Road 55 several miles south of Libertyville, near the Stanley community. Six homes, and a church sustained some minor roof damage, and two outbuildings were also damaged. The tornado tracked northeast, crossing County Roads 32 and 34, and passing just east of the New Shady Grove Church. Trees were blown down at these locations. The tornado then lifted back into the cloud just north of County Road 34.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindLibertyville$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees along U. S. Highway 29 near Pleasant Home.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindLibertyville$5,000High winds damaged a barn along State Highway 55 near Libertyville
August 1997Thunderstorm WindLibertyville$5,000Several trees were blown down near Libertyville and also near Wing. Two funnel clouds were observed in the area but they never touched the ground.
March 2005HailLibertyville$3,000Large hail damaged several roofs along State Highway 55 near Red Oak. The hail lasted for about five minutes.
April 2005HailLibertyville$3,000Golfball size hail fell from a thunderstorm near Libertyville. The hail damaged some automobiles.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindLibertyville$2,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed a tree on Head Farm Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindLibertyville-High winds downed trees and powerlines on US29.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLibertyville-Trees down on power lines along Hog Foot Road in the Carolina community.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindLibertyville-Trees down along County Road 34 south of Andalusia.
July 2018HailLibertyville-Quarter size hail was reported in the Carolina community.
March 2011Flash FloodLibertyville-Heavy rain caused water across road near intersection of County Road 34 and Highway 55.
June 2025HailLibertyville-no account filed
June 2023HailLibertyville-no account filed
March 2003HailLibertyville-no account filed
March 2003HailLibertyville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Covington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Stanley2.9 miles7
Carolina3.5 miles8
Andalusia4.8 miles8
Sanford5.5 miles8
Lakeview (historical)5.5 miles7
Montezuma (historical)6.5 miles8
Beck6.6 miles8
Red Oak7.0 miles7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LibertyvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q67856The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 159941. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.