Country United States County Putnam FIPS code 39-43288 Elevation 234 m Local time Thursday 10:39 PM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086861 Area 94.3 km² Population 1,575 (2000) | |
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Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,575 people in the township, 1,304 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.
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Map of Liberty Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of West Leipsic is located in far eastern Liberty Township.
Name and history
Liberty Township was established in 1837. 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.