Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Washington County

Washington County, Ohio

Washington County is a county located in the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 61,778. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County is included in the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virginia-Ohio...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 621 people in the township.

Geography

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

• Elk Township, Noble County
  Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 305 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Bethel Township, Monroe County
  Bethel Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Bethel Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 357 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast
• Ludlow Township
  Ludlow Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Ludlow Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 330 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Independence Township
  Independence Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Independence Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 387 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Lawrence Township
  Lawrence Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Lawrence Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 956 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Fearing Township
  Fearing Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Fearing Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 910 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Salem Township - north...
  
   - southwest corner
• Salem Township
  Salem Township, Washington County, Ohio
  Salem Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Washington County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,130 people in the township, 1,021 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

No municipalities are located in Liberty Township, although the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Germantown

Germantown, Washington County, Ohio

Germantown is an unincorporated community in northern Liberty Township, Washington County, Ohio, United States. It lies along the Paw Paw Creek near the boundary with Noble County.-References:...

 lies in the township's northeast.

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.