Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Adams County

Adams County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 27,330 people, 10,501 households, and 7,613 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 11,822 housing units at an average density of 20 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,816 people in the township, 1,776 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,273 people in the township, 1,146 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Tiffin Township
  Tiffin Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Tiffin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,075 people in the township, 5,075 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 735 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county along the Ohio River, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Sprigg Township
  Sprigg Township, Adams County, Ohio
  Sprigg Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,639 people in the township, 1,638 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Huntington Township, Brown County
  Huntington Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Huntington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,968 people in the township, 1,365 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Byrd Township, Brown County
  Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Byrd Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 740 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Jackson Township - north...
  
   - west

A small part of the village of West Union

West Union, Ohio

West Union is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,903 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Adams County....

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Adams County, is located in southeastern Liberty Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide

Liberty Township, Ohio

Liberty Township, Ohio may refer to:*Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Crawford County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Darke County, Ohio...

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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.