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Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio

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Country
  
United States

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
1086306

Local time
  
Thursday 10:35 PM

County
  
FIPS code
  
39-43190

Elevation
  
328 m

Population
  
9,798 (2000)

Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 48% Humidity

Area
  
153.6 km² (152.3 km² Land / 129 ha Water)

University
  
Southern State Community College

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.

Contents

Map of Liberty Township, OH, USA

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

  • Penn Township - north
  • Paint Township - east
  • Marshall Township - southeast
  • Washington Township - south
  • New Market Township - southwest
  • Union Township - northwest
  • The city of Hillsboro, the county seat of Highland County, is located in Liberty Township.

    Name and history

    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, 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

    Liberty Township, Highland County, Ohio Wikipedia


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