Franklin Township, Franklin County, Ohio

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


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

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area_total_km2 = 18.7
area_land_km2 = 18.7
area_water_km2 = 0.0
area_total_sq_mi = 7.2
area_land_sq_mi = 7.2
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 11798
population_density_km2 = 631.0
population_density_sq_mi = 1634.3

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 245
elevation_ft = 804
latd = 39 |latm = 55 |lats = 57 |latNS = N
longd = 83 |longm = 3 |longs = 53 |longEW = W

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Franklin Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 11,798 people in the township, 11,197 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39049 Franklin County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in west central Franklin County, the township consists of many small "islands" separated from each other by municipal annexations. With few exceptions, these islands are completely surrounded by the city of Columbus. Some southern islands border Jackson Township, while a large island in the west borders Prairie Township.

Most of what was originally Franklin Township has been annexed by the city of Columbus, the county seat of Franklin County. Other parts are now incorporated into the city of Grandview Heights in the northwest, the village of Marble Cliff in the north, and the village of Valleyview in the south.

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.franklin-township.com Township website]
* [http://www.co.franklin.oh.us County website]