Liberty Township is one of the thirteen
townships of
Fairfield County Fairfield County is the name of three counties in the United States:
* Fairfield County, Connecticut
* Fairfield County, Ohio
* Fairfield County, South Carolina
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,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 8,214.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Harrison Township, Licking County - north
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Union Township, Licking County - northeast corner
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Walnut Township - east
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Pleasant Township - southeast
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Greenfield Township - south
*
Bloom Township - southwest corner
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Violet Township - west
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Etna Township, Licking County - northwest
The village of
Baltimore
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is located in southeastern Liberty Township.
Name and history
Liberty Township was named after the philosophical concept 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
Liberty Township official websiteCounty website
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Townships in Fairfield County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio