Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio
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Liberty Township is one of 18 civil townships in one of the fastest growing counties in the United States, Delaware County, Ohio. The population of Liberty Township went from 3,790 in 1990 to 9,182 in 2000 [1], and has continued to grow at a rapid pace since. Liberty Township is listed as having 5,681 housing units [2] in the 2000 census.
According to an 1880 History of Delaware County [3], the first non-American Indian settler of Liberty Township - also of Delaware County - was Capt. Nathan Carpenter, who came here May 1, 1801, after a journey of over two and a half months from New York. Liberty Township was also "one of the three original townships into which the county was divided for temporary purposes, at the time of its formation."
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- Columbus Dispatch, "DELAWARE COUNTY’S GROWTH CORRIDOR, Once-bucolic Rt. 23 builds a new identity," Sunday, January 16, 2005
- US Census Bureau, Census 2000 Housing Units[4]
- "HISTORY OF DELAWARE AND OHIO, Containing a brief History of the State of Ohio, from its earliest settlement to the present time, embracing its topography, geological, physical and climatic features; its agricultural, stock growing, railroad interests, etc. ; a .History of Delaware County, giving an account of its aboriginal inhabitants, early settlement by the whites, pioneer incidents, its growth, its improvements, organization of the county, its judicial and political history, its business and industries, churches, school, etc." ; Biographical Sketches; Portraits of some of the Early Settlers and Prominent Men, etc., etc. ILLUSTRATED" CHICAGO O. L.. BASKIN S CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, 66 DEARBORN STREET. 1880; CHAPTER XIV. LIBERTY TOWNSHIP-EARLY SETTLEMENT-PIONEER LIFE-MILLS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS -SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, ETC.-STORES AND VILLAGES pp 412 - 428, [5]
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