Franklin Township is one of the twelve

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of Fulton County,

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, United States. The 2020 census found 695 people in the township. The Township Hall is located at the hamlet of

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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

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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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over the location of the state line between the two states.

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.

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 *

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43521 *

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43567 * West Unity, Ohio 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 Numbering Plan 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 Numbering Plan Codes: * 419-330 * 419-335 * 419-337 * 419-388 * 419-404 * 419-583 * 419-590

Electric

Toledo Edison and Midwest Energy

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

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

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References

External links

County website
{{authority control Townships in Fulton County, Ohio Townships in Ohio