Liberty Township is one of the thirteen
townships of
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
** Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...
,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census reported 1,123 people living in the township.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Jefferson Township, Greene County - northeast
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Wilson Township - east
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Union Township - south
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Chester Township - west
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Caesarscreek Township, Greene County - northwest
It is located in the north central part of the county on the
Greene County line about halfway between
Wilmington and
Xenia
Xenia may refer to:
People
* Xenia (name), a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name
Places United States
''listed alphabetically by state''
* Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County
** Xenia Township, Clay County, Il ...
.
The entire township lies in the
Virginia Military District
The Virginia Military District was an approximately 4.2 million acre (17,000 km2) area of land in what is now the state of Ohio that was reserved by Virginia to use as payment in lieu of cash for its veterans of the American Revolutionary ...
.
The village of
Port William is located in northern Liberty Township.
Transportation
Major roads in Liberty Township include
Interstate 71
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,
U.S. Route 68, and
State Route 134.
Name and history
Liberty Township was organized in 1817.
It is one of twenty-five
Liberty Townships statewide.
In 1833, Liberty Township contained a flouring mill, two saw mills, a
fulling
Fulling, also known as tucking or walking ( Scots: ''waukin'', hence often spelt waulking in Scottish English), is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of woven cloth (particularly wool) to eliminate ( lanolin) oils, ...
mill, a distillery, and one store.
Government
The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' (ORC) contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments o ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
References
*Clinton County Historical Society. ''Clinton County, Ohio, 1982''. Wilmington, Ohio
Wilmington is a city in Clinton County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The population was 12,664 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Micropolitan statistical area, Wilmington micropolitan area ...
: The Society, 1982.
*''Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer''. 6th ed. Yarmouth, Maine
Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, twelve miles north of the state's largest city, Portland, Maine, Portland. When originally settled in 1636, as North Yarmouth, Maine, North Yarmouth, it was part of the Massachusetts ...
: DeLorme, 2001.
* Ohio. Secretary of State. ''The Ohio municipal and township roster, 2002-2003''. Columbus, Ohio
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: The Secretary, 2003.
External links
County website
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Townships in Clinton County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio