Official Name: | Liberty Township, Logan County, Ohio |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Image Map1: | Map of Logan County Ohio Highlighting Liberty Township.png |
Mapsize1: | 250px |
Map Caption1: | Location of Liberty Township in Logan County |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Ohio |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Logan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 39.54 |
Area Land Km2: | 39.51 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 3891 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [3] |
Elevation Ft: | 1145 |
Coordinates: | 40.2633°N -83.7572°W |
Area Code: | 937, 326 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 39-43246[4] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1086486 |
Liberty Township is one of the seventeen townships of Logan County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,891.
Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
Two municipalities are located in Liberty Township: most of the village of West Liberty, in the south, and part of the city of Bellefontaine, the county seat of Logan County, in the north.
Liberty Township was organized in 1836.[5] It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.[6]
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 fiscal officer, 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 officer position or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.
U.S. Route 68 is the most important highway in Liberty Township. Other significant highways in the township include State Routes 245 and 508.