Local events in Liberty Township, Highland County
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How Liberty Township, Highland County began
Liberty Township sits in the center of Highland County and is one of twenty-five townships named Liberty in Ohio. It is the township that geographically contains the city of Hillsboro, the county seat, though Hillsboro has been a separately incorporated municipality since it was platted in 1807. The township's other notable place is Fallsville, a mill-and-quarry village founded in 1848 on land first settled in the 1820s, which lost its last resident in 1893 and survives today only as a ghost town remembered for local legend.
Where the name comes from
No specific origin for the name is recorded; it follows the common Ohio township naming pattern (one of 25 Liberty Townships statewide).
Before the town
No Native American village, mound, or trail specific to Liberty Township is recorded in the sources checked. The land fell within the 1795 Treaty of Greenville cession.
Nations recorded here: Shawnee, Wyandot.
Timeline
- — Hugh Evans and his sons and sons-in-law settle on Clear Creek, the extreme frontier north of New Market, after building cabins in 1799; they grind corn in a hollow-sycamore 'sweat mill.'
- — Liberty is one of the four original townships of Highland County, including the Clear Creek settlement.
- — Farmers Simon and Elizabeth Clouser settle the area that becomes Fallsville and build a grist mill, the only one in the vicinity.
- — Part of Liberty is combined with parts of Jackson, Brush Creek and Paint to form Marshall Township.
- — John Timberlake formally plats the town of Fallsville, with three streets and eight residences.
- — Part of Liberty is combined with parts of Concord, Jackson and Marshall to form Washington Township.
- — A Methodist church is built at Fallsville.
- — Fallsville's last resident dies; the town, having failed to attract a railroad, ends 45 years of permanent habitation.
- — Liberty Township, which includes the county seat, Hillsboro, has 6,311 people in the census.
- — The census counts 10,201 people in Liberty Township.
Stories
Fallsville: a mill town that never got its railroad
Simon and Elizabeth Clouser were farming this stretch of what became Liberty Township in the mid-1820s when they built a grist mill — the only one for miles, which made it an instant success and drew more mills, stores and a quarry to the area. By 1848 there was enough activity that John Timberlake platted a formal town, Fallsville, with three streets and eight houses; the little community even supported its own literary society, and in 1891 it built a Methodist church. An 1872 newspaper column predicted a bright future for the town, but the railroad Fallsville needed to grow never came, and the settlement's last resident died in 1893, only 45 years after the plat was filed. As a ghost town, Fallsville later picked up a local reputation for paranormal stories involving Native Americans, hidden treasure and the superstitious Clouser family descendants — legend rather than documented history, but part of how the place is remembered locally.
The sweat mill on Clear Creek
In spring 1800 Hugh Evans, his sons and sons-in-law came from Kentucky to a 3,000-acre tract on Clear Creek that General Massie had surveyed for him, the farthest north any white family lived in the county. They had no trace to follow from New Market and steered by compass. They made maple sugar, cleared ten acres by late May and raised a huge crop of corn, pumpkins and watermelons. To grind the corn Evans built a 'sweat mill': a sycamore gum three feet long, with a dressed stone set in it and a second stone turned by a hand pole. Native visitors who ate the watermelons called them 'pumpkins,' and a party of thirty who asked Mrs. Evans for a meal declined the knives and plates and ate in a circle on the cabin floor.
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Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Hillsboro City73% of residentsClear Creek (via Selph Road & Liberty Park Reservoirs)
- Highland County Water Company, Inc.25% of residentsSand-and-gravel aquifer wells (Ross/Highland Co. well fields; local wells)
- New Vienna Village2% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Liberty Township, Highland County's boundary: 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Spills reported since 2021 (1)
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2025-12-28 · Liberty Twp
- Reported
- 2025-12-28
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Largest amount reported
- 55 gallons
- Where
- Liberty Twp, Highland County
- Ohio EPA district office
- SWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2512EPA0002062
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Liberty Township, Highland County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45133 Hillsboro | 16% | Mostly private wells | 4.2 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Hillsboro City · 3.5 stars overall | 0.2% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
| 45159 New Vienna | 2% | Mostly private wells | 2.4 pCi/L average radon | Median year built 1986 | East Clinton Local · 3.5 stars overall | 0.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
Who holds office in Liberty Township, Highland County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-07 | Trustee | Rhonda Hassman 657, 25.63%; Ronald D. Ward 1,906, 74.37% |
| 2023-11-07 | Fiscal Officer | Jeffrey A. Beery 1,085, 42.07%; Bob Brown 630, 24.43%; Dennis Dunlap 864, 33.5% |
| 2021-11-02 | Township Trustee (unofficial count) | Tyler Kelch 845, 53.21%; Jerry Williams 743, 46.79% |
| 2019-11-05 | Trustee | Ronald D. Ward 952, 100.0% |
| 2019-11-05 | Fiscal Officer | Kay Barrera 896, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2022 to 2023, released 2024-11-12
The county
Highland County: 7 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships, 42,302 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Liberty Township, Ohio in?
Liberty Township, Highland County is a township in Highland County, Ohio, with 3,775 residents.
How did Liberty Township, Ohio get its name?
No specific origin for the name is recorded; it follows the common Ohio township naming pattern (one of 25 Liberty Townships statewide). Source
What ZIP code is Liberty Township, Ohio?
Most of Liberty Township, Highland County is in ZIP code 45133.
Where does Liberty Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Liberty Township, Highland County (Hillsboro City): Mostly private wells.
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