Town of Liberty | Kentucky Life | KET

Liberty, the county seat for Casey County, was established in 1808 by several Revolutionary War veterans and named for one of the values of their new country. The county itself was established two years earlier, in 1806, and is named for Colonel William Casey, an early Kentucky pioneer and the great-grandfather of Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. Like many counties in Kentucky, Casey County grew from a wilderness outpost of settlers hoping to make a living off the land. Today Casey County's south-central Kentucky location places it within one of the fastest growing regions in the state.