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Liberty Township, Knox County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Township in Ohio, US

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Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, 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:

  • Wayne Township - north
  • Morris Township - northeast corner
  • Clinton Township - east
  • Miller Township - southeast corner
  • Milford Township - south
  • Hilliar Township - southwest corner
  • South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County - west
  • Chester Township, Morrow County - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Liberty Township, although the unincorporated community 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. 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.

References

References

  1. "Liberty township, Knox County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  3. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  4. Graham, Albert Adams. (1881). "History of Knox County, Ohio: Its Past and Present, Containing a Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio". A. A. Graham & Company.
  5. Overman, William Daniel. (1958). "Ohio Town Names". Atlantic Press.
  6. (2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  7. [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/503.24 §503.24], [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/505.01 §505.01], and [http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/507.01 §507.01] of the [[Ohio Revised Code]]. Accessed 4/30/2009.
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