Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio

Franklin Township, Jackson County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Franklin Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Map of Jackson County with municipalities and townships


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

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area_total_km2 = 95.5
area_land_km2 = 95.4
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 36.9
area_land_sq_mi = 36.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1913
population_density_km2 = 20.1
population_density_sq_mi = 51.9

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 229
elevation_ft = 751
latd = 38 |latm = 58 |lats = 27 |latNS = N
longd = 82 |longm = 36 |longs = 21 |longEW = W

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Franklin Township is one of the twelve townships of Jackson County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2000 census, 1,913 people lived in the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39079 Jackson County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 13 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southern part of the township, it borders the following townships:
*Lick Township: north
*Bloomfield Township: east
*Madison Township: southeast
*Jefferson Township: south
*Hamilton Township: southwest corner
*Scioto Township: west
*Liberty Township: northwest corner

Of the three Jackson County townships that do not border other counties (Franklin, Lick, and Coal), Franklin Township is the farthest south.

A small part of the city of Jackson, the county seat of Jackson County, lies in northern 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.jacksoncountyohio.org County website]


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