Franklin Township is one of the sixteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
of
Morrow County,
Ohio
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, United States. The
2010 census found 1,617 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Congress Township - north
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Perry Township - northeast
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Middlebury Township, Knox County - east
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Wayne Township, Knox County - southeast corner
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Chester Township - south
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Harmony Township - southwest
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Gilead Township - west
No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.
Hidden Lakes is a
census-designated place
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CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
in the northwest part of the township.
Name and history
Franklin Township was organized in 1823, and named for
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the leading inte ...
. It is one of twenty-one
Franklin 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,
§503.24§505.01
an
§507.01
of the Ohio Revised Code
The ''Ohio Revised Code'' contains all current statutes of the Ohio General Assembly of a permanent and general nature, consolidated into provisions, titles, chapters and sections. However, the only official publication of the enactments of the Ge ...
. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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
External links
County website
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Townships in Morrow County, Ohio
1823 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1823
Townships in Ohio