- Liberty Township, Henry County, Ohio
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Liberty Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Liberty Township in Henry County
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Henrygovernment_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 84.5
area_land_km2 = 83.0
area_water_km2 = 1.5
area_total_sq_mi = 32.6
area_land_sq_mi = 32.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.6population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 2591
population_density_km2 = 31.2
population_density_sq_mi = 80.8timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 205
elevation_ft = 673
latd = 41 |latm = 26 |lats = 28 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 2 |longs = 49 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_info = 39-43176GR|2
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footnotes =Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Henry County,
Ohio ,United States . The 2000 census found 2,591 people in the township, 1,296 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39069 Henry County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates]Ohio State University , 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*York Township, Fulton County - north
*Swan Creek Township, Fulton County - northeast corner
*Washington Township - east
*Damascus Township - southeast corner
*Harrison Township - south
*Napoleon Township - southwest corner
*Freedom Township - west
*Clinton Township, Fulton County - northwest cornerA small part of the
county seat of Napoleon is located in southwestern Liberty Township, and most of the village of Liberty Center is located in the eastern 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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
Township residents vote at the Liberty & Washington Townships Fire Station in Liberty Center.fact|date=July 2007
References
External links
* [http://www.henrycountyohio.com County website]
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