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West Liberty, [[Ohio (State)|Ohio]], a village of ca. 1,400 in the late 1950s (1,813 in 2000), located almost on the boundary between [[Logan County (Ohio, USA)|Logan]] and [[Champaign County (Ohio, USA)|Champaign]] counties, is the center of a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) community of three congregations with a total of some 700 baptized members: [[Bethel Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Ohio, USA)|Bethel]] in town, [[Oak Grove Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Champaign County, Ohio, USA)|Oak Grove]] to the southeast, and South Union to the north. In the village is the [[Adriel School (West Liberty, Ohio, USA)|Adriel School]] for mentally handicapped children, formerly the [[Orphans' Home (West Liberty, Ohio, USA)|Mennonite Children's Home]]. The community was settled ca. 1850 and has grown steadily.
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West Liberty, [[Ohio (USA)|Ohio]], a village of ca. 1,400 in the late 1950s (1,813 in 2000), located almost on the boundary between [[Logan County (Ohio, USA)|Logan]] and [[Champaign County (Ohio, USA)|Champaign]] counties, is the center of a Mennonite ([[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church]]) community of three congregations with a total of some 700 baptized members: [[Bethel Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Ohio, USA)|Bethel]] in town, [[Oak Grove Mennonite Church (West Liberty, Champaign County, Ohio, USA)|Oak Grove]] to the southeast, and South Union to the north. In the village is the [[Adriel School (West Liberty, Ohio, USA)|Adriel School]] for mentally handicapped children, formerly the [[Orphans' Home (West Liberty, Ohio, USA)|Mennonite Children's Home]]. The community was settled ca. 1850 and has grown steadily.
 
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West Liberty, Ohio, a village of ca. 1,400 in the late 1950s (1,813 in 2000), located almost on the boundary between Logan and Champaign counties, is the center of a Mennonite (Mennonite Church) community of three congregations with a total of some 700 baptized members: Bethel in town, Oak Grove to the southeast, and South Union to the north. In the village is the Adriel School for mentally handicapped children, formerly the Mennonite Children's Home. The community was settled ca. 1850 and has grown steadily.


Author(s) Harold S Bender
Date Published 1959

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Bender, Harold S. "West Liberty (Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=West_Liberty_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113633.

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Bender, Harold S. (1959). West Liberty (Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=West_Liberty_(Ohio,_USA)&oldid=113633.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 920. All rights reserved.


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