Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Franklin Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Municipalities and townships of Harrison County.


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Harrison

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area_total_km2 = 58.0
area_land_km2 = 52.9
area_water_km2 = 5.1
area_total_sq_mi = 22.4
area_land_sq_mi = 20.4
area_water_sq_mi = 2.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 641
population_density_km2 = 12.1
population_density_sq_mi = 31.4

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 348
elevation_ft = 1142
latd = 40 |latm = 19 |lats = 54 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 13 |longs = 6 |longEW = W

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Franklin Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 641 people in the township, 559 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39067 Harrison County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Monroe Township - north
*Stock Township - east
*Nottingham Township - southeast
*Washington Township - southwest
*Rush Township, Tuscarawas County - west
*Mill Township, Tuscarawas County - northwest

The village of Deersville is located in southeastern Franklin Township.

Name and history

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 clerk, 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 clerkship or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.

References

External links

* [http://www.harrisoncountyohio.org County website]


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