- Liberty Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Liberty Township, Fairfield County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Fairfield County.
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subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Fairfieldgovernment_footnotes =
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area_total_km2 = 130.4
area_land_km2 = 130.4
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 50.4
area_land_sq_mi = 50.4
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 7265
population_density_km2 = 55.7
population_density_sq_mi = 144.3timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 277
elevation_ft = 909
latd = 39 |latm = 52 |lats = 25 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 38 |longs = 10 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_info = 39-43120GR|2
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footnotes =Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County,
Ohio ,United States . The 2000 census found 7,265 people in the township, 4,387 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39045 Fairfield 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:
*Harrison Township, Licking County - north
*Union Township, Licking County - northeast corner
*Walnut Township - east
*Pleasant Township - southeast
*Greenfield Township - south
*Bloom Township - southwest corner
*Violet Township - west
*Etna Township, Licking County - northwestThe village of Baltimore is located in southeastern Liberty 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.
References
External links
* [http://www.co.fairfield.oh.us County website]
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