After completion of the Miami & Erie Canal in 1847, Liberty Township had 66 recorded residents. Construction of the Wabash Railway in 1854 encouraged trade at the halfway point between Washington Station and Napoleon, and proprietors such as George W. Buchanan, Frank Prey, Alexander Cooper, and Benjamin Penncock began business there around 1860. On June 4, 1863, Alphaeus Buchanan registered a plot of 12 lots that became Liberty Center, and on April 9, 1874, the Village of Liberty Center was incorporated and became a prosperous town along the Wabash Railway. Early settler Calvin C. Young built the first railroad depot in Liberty Center at his own expense and allowed the Wabash Railway to use it rent free. That depot was later moved to 361 East Maple Street and converted into a home. In 1891, a replacement depot was built, and it was lengthened in 1907 to make the office larger. In 1959 the last passenger train stopped in Liberty Center, and in 1965 the depot closed. Fearing its demolition, the Liberty Center Historical Society formed and moved the structure across Wabash Street in 1984.