Franklin Township is one of the twelve

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, United States. The 2010 census found 743 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Gorham Township - north * Chesterfield Township - northeast corner * Dover Township - east * Clinton Township - southeast corner * German Township - south * Brady Township, Williams County - west * Mill Creek Township, Williams County - northwest No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide. A couple miles north of the

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, automobile drivers find an abrupt jog in Ohio State Route 66. Severe jogs are also in the township's other north–south roads, County Roads 19, 20, 21, 22, and 23. It happens where they intersect the "Old State Line," originally surveyed as the

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line. Michigan once considered the northern part of Ohio, a difference of about eight miles known as the

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, as its own. Ohio and Michigan came to blows in an 1835-1836 confrontation between the state militias known as the

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. There were no casualties.

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.

Attractions

The Tiffin River Wildlife Area offers hunting and bird watching in the flood plain of the

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. Harrison Lake State Park borders the north edge of the township at County Road M.

Public services

Public Schools

Students from the township are served by the following public local

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s: * Archbold Area Local School District * Fayette Local School District

Mail

Mail is delivered in the township by the following

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locations: *

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43502 *

Fayette, Ohio Fayette is a village in Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,283 at the 2010 census. History Fayette was incorporated as a village in 1872 when the railroad was extended to that point. A post office called Fayette has been i ...

43521 *

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43567 *

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43570

Telephone

Most of the township lies within the Fayette

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, which is served by Frontier North, with telephone numbers using the following

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Codes: * 419-237 * 419-500 * 567-404 A smaller eastern portion of the township is within the Wauseon

, which is served by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as

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, with telephone numbers using the following

Codes: * 419-330 * 419-335 * 419-337 * 419-388 * 419-404 * 419-583 * 419-590

Electric

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and Midwest Energy

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serves the township with electricity.PUCO: Electric Service Areas of Ohio
puco.gov

Highways

Ohio Turnpike Exit 25 intersects Ohio State Route 66 that runs through the township. *

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References

External links

County website
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