Franklin Township is one of the fifteen
townships of
Adams County,
Ohio
Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvania to the east, West Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Indiana to the ...
, United States. The population was 1,097 at the
2020 census.
Geography
Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:
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Mifflin Township, Pike County - north
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Sunfish Township, Pike County - northeast
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Rarden Township, Scioto County - east
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Meigs Township - south
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Bratton Township - west
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Brushcreek Township, Highland County - northwest corner
No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.
History
Franklin Township was organized in 1828. It is named for
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and Political philosophy, political philosopher.#britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Wood, 2021 Among the m ...
.
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'' (ORC) 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 o ...
. 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 Adams County, Ohio
1828 establishments in Ohio
Populated places established in 1828
Townships in Ohio