Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships

Civil township

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 of Wood County

Wood County, Ohio

Wood County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 125,488. Its county seat is Bowling Green. The county was named for Captain Eleazer D. Wood, the engineer for General William Henry Harrison's army, who built Fort Meigs in the War of 1812...

, 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 1,862 people in the township, 1,730 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Plain Township
  Plain Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Plain Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,706 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - north
• Center Township
  Center Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Center Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,246 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Middleton Township - north...
  
   - northeast corner
• Portage Township
  Portage Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Portage Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,516 people in the township, 988 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Bloom Township
  Bloom Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Bloom Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,535 people in the township, 896 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Henry Township
  Henry Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Henry Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,070 people in the township, 709 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 751 people in the township, 455 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest corner
• Milton Township
  Milton Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Milton Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,159 people in the township, 630 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Weston Township
  Weston Township, Wood County, Ohio
  Weston Township is one of the nineteen townships of Wood County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,274 people in the township, 741 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

Part of the village of Portage

Portage, Ohio

Portage is a village in Wood County, Ohio, United States. The population was 428 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Portage is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all of it land....

 is located in northeastern Liberty Township, and the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 of Rudolph

Rudolph, Ohio

Rudolph is an unincorporated community in eastern Liberty Township, Wood County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43462.-References:...

 lies in the township's east.

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.

The Liberty Township House is located on Mermill Road in Rudolph.