Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two
townships of
Knox County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. The
2020 census found 1,906 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Wayne Township - north
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Morris Township - northeast corner
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Clinton Township - east
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Miller Township - southeast corner
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Milford Township - south
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Hilliar Township - southwest corner
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South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County - west
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Chester Township, Morrow County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Liberty Township, although the
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
of
Mt. Liberty lies on the southwestern border with Milford Township.
Name and history
Liberty Township was established in the 1820s. The township was named for the American ideal of
liberty
Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. The concept of liberty can vary depending on perspective and context. In the Constitutional ...
. It is one of twenty-five
Liberty Townships statewide.
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
External links
County website
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Townships in Knox County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio