Liberal, MO

united states

Liberal is a small farming town in southwest Missouri, home to about 750 people in Barton County's rolling prairie. Highway 160 connects it to Lamar (12 miles west) and Springfield (east), while Highway 82 runs north to Nevada. Most visitors arrive via US-71 through Lamar or I-44 connections. The town sits near Atkinson Municipal Airport, which mainly serves local agriculture and crop dusting operations.