Liberty Township is one of the thirteen townships of Fairfield County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 8,214.
Geography
Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Harrison Township, Licking County - north Union Township, Licking County - northeast corner Walnut Township - east Pleasant Township - southeast Greenfield Township - south Bloom Township - southwest corner Violet Township - west Etna Township, Licking County - northwest
The village of Baltimore is located in southeastern Liberty Township.
Name and history
Liberty Township was named after the philosophical concept of liberty. 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.