New Liberty
A post village in the northern part of Owen county, eight miles north-west of Owenton, the capital of the county, 34 miles north from Frankfort, and by stage route (daily line) 14 miles from Ghent. Semi-weekly stages also connect with Owenton. It contains one Baptist and one Christian or Reformed church, one female academy and one male seminary, one Masonic Lodge (Liberty No. 126, one Lodge I. O. O. F., (No. 85), one steam flouring and saw mill, two carding machines, three hotels, ten stores of various kinds, eight physicians, four attorneys, two magistrates, one dentist, one engraver, two gunsmiths, one tanner, one jeweler, one milliner, two masons and builders, one surveyor, and numerous diversified mechanical trades. Population 450. Post office established about 1820. Henry B. Gale, postmaster
Business Directory
| Byrnes, J. D. | steamboat agent |
| Calvert, S. B. | probate judge and general merchant |
| Duvall, A. P. | magistrate |
| Duvall, J. E. | physician and surgeon |
| Greenell, J. B. | blacksmith |
| Harden, G. W. | marshal |
| Hardin & Brother | general merchants |
| Harner, D. | blacksmith |
| Hiten, C. | postmaster |
| Hiten & King | carpenter and builders |
| Hughes, Samuel | boot and shoe maker and dealer |
| Jones, W. H. | physician |
| Lee, R. M. | surveyor and civil engineer |
| Monterey House | Robert Sanford, proprietor |
| Prentiss, L. S. | steam flouring mill proprietor |
| Sanders, John | shingle maker |
| Sanford, Robert | proprietor Monterey House and general merchant |
| Sparks, A. G. | magistrate |
| Vallandingham, H. C. | general merchant |
From George W. Hawes’ Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1859 and 1860