Liberty Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,906 people in the township.
Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Wayne Township - north Morris Township - northeast corner Clinton Township - east Miller Township - southeast corner Milford Township - south Hilliar Township - southwest corner South Bloomfield Township, Morrow County - west Chester Township, Morrow County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Liberty Township, although the unincorporated community of Mt. Liberty lies on the southwestern border with Milford Township.
Name and history Liberty Township was established in the 1820s. The township was named for the American ideal of liberty. 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