Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Seneca County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,029 people in the township.
Geography Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Jackson Township, Sandusky County - north Ballville Township, Sandusky County - northeast corner Pleasant Township - east Clinton Township - southeast corner Hopewell Township - south Loudon Township - southwest corner Jackson Township - west Scott Township, Sandusky County - northwest corner
The village of Bettsville is located in northern Liberty Township, and the census-designated place of Kansas lies in the northwestern part of the township.
Name and history Liberty Township was organized in 1832.
It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
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External links County website