Liberty Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Mercer County

Mercer County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 917 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Black Creek Township
  Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Black Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 631 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Dublin Township
  Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Dublin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,254 people in the township, 1,128 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,066 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 13,231 people in the township, 2,928 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,218 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Liberty Township - north...
  
   - south
• Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana
  Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana
  Wabash Township is one of twelve townships in Jay County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 628.-Geography:Wabash Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.05 percent is water...
  
   - southwest
• Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana
  Jefferson Township, Adams County, Indiana
  Jefferson Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 947.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Jefferson Township covers an area of .-Political districts:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in 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.