Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio

Coordinates: 40°46′18″N 83°49′15″W / 40.77167°N 83.82083°W

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Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio
Township
Fields in eastern Liberty Township
Location of Liberty Township, Hardin County, Ohio
Coordinates: 40°46′18″N 83°49′15″W / 40.77167°N 83.82083°W / 40.77167; -83.82083
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Hardin
Area
• Total	35.8 sq mi (92.8 km²)
• Land	35.8 sq mi (92.8 km²)
• Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	958 ft (292 m)
Population (2020)^[2]
• Total	7,060
• Density	200/sq mi (76/km²)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-43162^[3]
GNIS feature ID	1086263^[1]

Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Hardin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,060.

Geography

Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:

Orange Township, Hancock County - north
Van Buren Township, Hancock County - northeast corner
Washington Township - east
Cessna Township - southeast corner
Marion Township - south
Auglaize Township, Allen County - southwest corner
Jackson Township, Allen County - west
Richland Township, Allen County - northwest corner

The village of Ada is located in central Liberty Township.

Name and history

Liberty Township was organized in 1837.^[4] It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.^[5]

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,^[6] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Liberty township, Hardin County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Kohler, Minnie Ichler (1910). A Twentieth Century History of Hardin County, Ohio: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Principal Interests,. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 44.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

v t e Municipalities and communities of Hardin County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Kenton
City	Kenton	Map of Ohio highlighting Hardin County
Villages	Ada Alger Dunkirk Forest‡ McGuffey Mount Victory Patterson Ridgeway‡
Townships	Blanchard Buck Cessna Dudley Goshen Hale Jackson Liberty Lynn Marion McDonald Pleasant Roundhead Taylor Creek Washington
CDP	Dola
Unincorporated communities	Blanchard Foraker Grant Grassy Point Hepburn Holden‡ Huntersville Jumbo Jump Maysville‡ Mentzer Pfeiffer Roundhead Silver Creek Yelverton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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