Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 60.5
area_land_km2 = 59.9
area_water_km2 = 0.7
area_total_sq_mi = 23.4
area_land_sq_mi = 23.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4244
population_density_km2 = 70.9
population_density_sq_mi = 183.6

timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 287
elevation_ft = 942
latd = 40 |latm = 35 |lats = 39 |latNS = N
longd = 81 |longm = 31 |longs = 59 |longEW = W

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Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,244 people in the township, 1,934 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39177 Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the northwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Bethlehem Township, Stark County - northeast
*Lawrence Township - east
*Dover Township - southeast
*Sugar Creek Township - southwest
*Wayne Township - west
*Sugar Creek Township, Stark County - northwest

The village of Strasburg is located in eastern 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 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. The current trustees are Max Bonifant, Randy Fearon, and Douglas Gene Hensel, and the fiscal officer is Tammy Spidell. [ [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/Engineer/Trustees.htm Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman] . Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.]

References

External links

* [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us County website]