Liberty Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Van Wert County, Ohio

Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,696 people in the township, 912 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,120 people in the township, 2,233 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Ridge Township
  Ridge Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Ridge Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,114 people in the township, 1,311 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• York Township
  York Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  York Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 788 people in the township, 650 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Union Township, Mercer County
  Union Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,490 people in the township, 793 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Dublin Township, Mercer County
  Dublin Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Dublin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,254 people in the township, 1,128 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Black Creek Township, Mercer County
  Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio
  Black Creek Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 631 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Willshire Township
  Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Willshire Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,719 people in the township, 1,057 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Harrison Township
  Harrison Township, Van Wert County, Ohio
  Harrison Township is one of the twelve townships of Van Wert County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,085 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county along the Indiana line, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Ohio City

Ohio City, Ohio

Ohio City is a village in Van Wert County, Ohio, United States with a population of 784 as of the 2000 census. It is included within the Van Wert, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Ohio City is located at ....

 is located in central Liberty Township.

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.