Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Countryside in Liberty Township


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map_caption = Location of Liberty Township in Ohio


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map_caption1 = Municipalities and townships of Logan County

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Logan

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area_total_km2 = 39.6
area_land_km2 = 39.5
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 15.3
area_land_sq_mi = 15.3
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3126
population_density_km2 = 79.1
population_density_sq_mi = 204.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 349
elevation_ft = 1145
latd = 40 |latm = 15 |lats = 48 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 45 |longs = 26 |longEW = W

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area_code = 937
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Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,126 people living in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39091 Logan County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 12 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Lake Township - north
*Jefferson Township - northeast
*Monroe Township - east
*Salem Township, Champaign County - south
*Harrison Township, Champaign County - southwest
*Union Township - west
*Harrison Township - northwest

Two municipalities are located in Liberty Township: most of the village of West Liberty, in the south, and part of the city of Bellefontaine, the county seat of Logan County, in the north.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.

Liberty Township was formed in 1832 from Union Township.fact|date=July 2007

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.

In the elections of November 2007, David Turner [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township trustee results", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.] and Judith Vernon [Examiner Staff, The. "Township Trustees: Township fiscal officer", "Bellefontaine Examiner", 2007-11-07, p. 2.] were elected without opposition in the elections for the positions of township trustee and fiscal officer respectively.

Transportation

U.S. Route 68 is the most important highway in Liberty Township. Other significant highways in the township include State Routes 245 and 508.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us County website]
* [http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/pdf/cotwpmap.pdf County & Township Map of Ohio] (PDF object)
* [http://www.co.logan.oh.us/html/county_map_-_large.html Detailed Logan County map]