Liberty Township is one of eleven

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in Howard County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,737, down from 4,862 in 2010. Liberty Township hosts the Howard County fair each year in July in Greentown, which is the second biggest town in Howard County, and third biggest in the Kokomo Metropolitan Area after only Kokomo, and

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History

Liberty Township was founded in 1858.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.24%) is land and (or 0.76%) is water.

Cities and towns

* Greentown

Unincorporated towns

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Adjacent townships

* Harrison Township, Miami County (north) * Jackson Township, Miami County (northeast) * Jackson Township (east) * Union Township (southeast) * Taylor Township (southwest) * Howard Township (west) * Clay Township, Miami County (northwest)

Major highways

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Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Freeman, Greenlawn, Hochstedler, Mast and Shrock. Lamb Cemetery, Lindley Cemetery

Libraries

*Greentown Main Public Library, in Eastern Junior & Senior High School *Greentown Children's Public Library, in Eastern Elementary School *Kokomo-Howard County Public Library Main Branch (in Kokomo, but serves Liberty Township outside of Greentown) *Kokomo-Howard County Public Library South Branch (in Kokomo, but serves Liberty Township outside of Greentown)

Schools

*Eastern-Howard Elementary School * Eastern Junior & Senior High School

References

*
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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