Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio

Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Liberty Township, Guernsey County, Ohio
Township
	Methodist church in Kimbolton
	Location of Liberty Township in Guernsey County
	Coordinates: 40°7′49″N 81°34′28″W / 40.13028°N 81.57444°W
Country	United States
State	Ohio
County	Guernsey
Area
• Total	25.3 sq mi (65.4 km2)
• Land	24.0 sq mi (62.2 km2)
• Water	1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2)
Elevation	787 ft (240 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	884
• Density	35/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	39-43134
GNIS feature ID	1086183

Liberty Township is one of the nineteen townships of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 884.

Geography

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

The unincorporated community of Kimbolton, a census-designated place, is located in northern Liberty Township.

Name and history

Liberty Township was established in 1820.^[4] It is one of twenty-five Liberty Townships statewide.^[5]

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,^[6] 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

^ ^a ^b "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Liberty township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 303.
^ "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.
^ §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

External links

County website

[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[2] "Liberty township, Guernsey County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 7, 2023.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[4] Sarchet, Cyrus Parkinson Beatty (1911). History of Guernsey County, Ohio, Volume 1. B.F. Bowen & Company. p. 303.

[5] "Detailed map of Ohio" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved February 16, 2007.

[6] §503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Guernsey County, Ohio, United States
County seat: Cambridge
City	Cambridge	Map of Ohio highlighting Guernsey County
Villages	Byesville Cumberland Fairview‡ Lore City Old Washington Pleasant City Quaker City Senecaville
Townships	Adams Cambridge Center Jackson Jefferson Knox Liberty Londonderry Madison Millwood Monroe Oxford Richland Spencer Valley Washington Westland Wheeling Wills
CDPs	Buffalo Kimbolton Salesville
Unincorporated communities	Antrim Birds Run Birmingham Boden Claysville Craig Derwent Elizabethtown Guernsey Kings Mine Kipling Londonderry Middlebourne North Salem Opperman Robins Spencer Station Walhonding
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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