Liberty Township is one of the nineteen
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
Wood County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2020 census found 1,690 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Plain Township - north
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Center Township - northeast corner
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Portage Township - east
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Bloom Township - southeast corner
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Henry Township - south
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Jackson Township - southwest corner
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Milton Township - west
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Weston Township - northwest corner
Part of the village of
Portage
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is located in northeastern Liberty Township, and the
unincorporated community
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of
Rudolph lies in the township's east.
Name and history
Liberty Township was established in 1835. 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 Wood County, Ohio
Townships in Ohio