Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships

Civil township

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 of Hancock County

Hancock County, Ohio

Hancock County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 74,782. Its county seat is Findlay and was named for John Hancock, the first signer of the Declaration of Independence...

, Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 6,469 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 604 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Allen Township
  Allen Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Allen Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,110 people in the township, 1,797 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Marion Township
  Marion Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,203 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Cass Township - north...
  
   - east
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,060 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Eagle Township
  Eagle Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Eagle Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,195 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...
  
   - south
• Union Township
  Union Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,726 people in the township, 1,058 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Blanchard Township
  Blanchard Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Blanchard Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,170 people in the township, 855 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Hancock County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the seventeen townships of Hancock County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,473 people in the township, 797 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The city of Findlay

Findlay, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 38,967 people, 15,905 households, and 10,004 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,266.3 people per square mile . There were 17,152 housing units at an average density of 997.6 per square mile...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Hancock County, occupies much of eastern 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.