Liberty Township is one of the thirteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
of
Henry County,
Ohio
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, United States. As of the
2020 census the population was 2,442.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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York Township, Fulton County - north
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Swan Creek Township, Fulton County - northeast corner
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Washington Township - east
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Damascus Township - southeast corner
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Harrison Township - south
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Napoleon Township - southwest corner
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Freedom Township - west
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Clinton Township, Fulton County - northwest corner
The village of
Liberty Center is located in the eastern portion of the township, and a portion of the city of
Napoleon
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, the Henry
county seat
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, is in the southwest part of the township.
Name and history
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, 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.
Public education for the township is administered by the Liberty Center Local School District.
References
External links
County website
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Townships in Henry County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio
Populated places in Henry County, Ohio