| Liberty Township, Ohio | |
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| — Township — | |
| Municipalities and townships of Highland County. | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Ohio |
| County | Highland |
| Area | |
| • Total | 59.3 sq mi (153.6 km2) |
| • Land | 58.8 sq mi (152.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.5 sq mi (1.3 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 1,076 ft (328 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 9,798 |
| • Density | 166.7/sq mi (64.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 39-43190[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1086306[1] |
Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Highland County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,798 people in the township, 3,430 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[3]
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Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:
The city of Hillsboro, the county seat of Highland County, is located in Liberty Township.
It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.[4]
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,[5] 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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