Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clinton County

Clinton County, Ohio

Clinton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,040. The 2008 Census Population Estimate places the figure at 43,200. It is named for former U.S. Vice-President George Clinton...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,033 people in the township, 775 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township, up from 840 in 1990

United States Census, 1990

The Twenty-first United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 248,709,873, an increase of 9.8 percent over the 226,545,805 persons enumerated during the 1980 Census....

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Geography

Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Jefferson Township, Greene County
  Jefferson Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,109 people in the township, 819 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Wilson Township
  Wilson Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Wilson Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 581 people in the township, up from 523 in 1990.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - east
• Union Township
  Union Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 14,929 people in the township, up from 13,379 in 1990; of this total, 3,008 lived in unincorporated portions of the township, up from 2,260 in 1990...
  
   - south
• Chester Township
  Chester Township, Clinton County, Ohio
  Chester Township is one of the thirteen townships of Clinton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,771 people in the township, up from 1,200 in 1990.-Geography:Located in the northwest corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Caesarscreek Township, Greene County
  Caesarscreek Township, Greene County, Ohio
  Caesarscreek Township is one of the twelve townships of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,225 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

It is located in the north central part of the county on the Greene County

Greene County, Ohio

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 line about halfway between Wilmington

Wilmington, Ohio

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 and Xenia

Xenia, Ohio

Xenia is a city in and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio 21 miles from Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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The entire township lies in the Virginia Military District

Virginia Military District

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The village of Port William

Port William, Ohio

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 is located in northern Liberty Township.

Transportation

Major roads in Liberty Township include Interstate 71

Interstate 71

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, U.S. Route 68

U.S. Route 68

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, and State Route 134

Ohio State Route 134

State Route 134 is a north–south state highway in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Ohio. Its southern terminus is at its interchange with State Route 32 in Sardinia and its northern terminus is at its interchange with Main Street in Port William....

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Name and history

It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide

Liberty Township, Ohio

Liberty Township, Ohio may refer to:*Liberty Township, Adams County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Clinton County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Crawford County, Ohio*Liberty Township, Darke County, Ohio...

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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.