page_title: Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio
section_title: Transportation, utilities, and schools
hierarchical_section_title: Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio / Transportation, utilities, and schools
caption_attribution_description: English: Construction site in southeastern Liberty Township, Butler County, Ohio, Butler County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, typical of the township's rapid development. Picture taken westward from Interstate 75.
context_page_description: Liberty Township is an affluent suburb of Cincinnati located in Butler County, Ohio. It is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. It is located on the east-central part of the county, just south of the city of Monroe. With an area of about 29 square miles it is smallest of the thirteen townships but one of the fastest growing areas in southwest Ohio, having a population of 37,259 at the 2010 census, up from 22,819 in 2000 and just 9,249 in 1990. It was named for Liberty, Pennsylvania, at the suggestion of John Morrow, a resident in the township at the time of its formation in 1803 who was the brother of Ohio Governor Jeremiah Morrow, after his hometown. The first settler was John Nelson, who arrived in 1796, seven years before Ohio became a state. It is one of 25 Liberty Townships statewide.
  The northeast corner of the township is part of the city of Monroe, the sole municipality in Liberty Township. Unincorporated places are Bethany, Four Bridges, Hughes Station, Kyles Station, Jericho, and Princeton.
context_section_description: The Miami and Erie Canal passed through the northwest corner of the township.  The Dayton Short Line, now the Norfolk Southern, ran through the township.
  The old Cincinnati and Dayton Turnpike, later known as Dixie Highway and U.S. Route 25, is now Cincinnati-Dayton Road.  It connects the township to Monroe to the north and Sharonville to the south. Major highways today include the Butler County Veterans Highway (also known as State Route 129), which connects Interstate 75 to Hamilton through the southern tier of the township, and State Route 4, which links Hamilton to Middletown. I-75 runs through the eastern edge of the township with direct access to Liberty Township at Liberty Way (Exit 24), plus at two exits along the Butler County Veterans Highway (State Route 129).
  Most of the township is in Cincinnati Bell's Bethany (West Chester) telephone exchange, but a part in the west and southwest centered on Princeton is in Cincinnati Bell's Hamilton exchange. Electric and natural gas service is provided by Duke Energy.
  Most of the township is served by the Middletown post office, with the Hamilton post offices serving a large area in the west.  Areas on the margins of the township are served by several other post offices: West Chester in the south, Fairfield in the southwest, Lebanon on the east, and Monroe on the north. The lack of their own post office and ZIP code has recently become an issue of debate amongst residents, who feel that since West Chester has its own ZIP code and post office, Liberty should have one as well - particularly since West Chester grew out of Liberty.
  Except for the northeast corner, the entire township is in the Lakota Local School District. The remainder in the northeast is in the Monroe Local School District.
caption: Rapid development has led to widespread sprawl in Liberty Township.
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