Franklin Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Clermont County

Clermont County, Ohio

Clermont County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States, just east of Cincinnati. As of 2010, the population was 197,363. Its county seat is Batavia...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,348 people in the township, 3,329 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern corner of the county along the Ohio River

Ohio River

The Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. At the confluence, the Ohio is even bigger than the Mississippi and, thus, is hydrologically the main stream of the whole river system, including the Allegheny River further upstream...

, it borders the following townships:

• Tate Township
  Tate Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Tate Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,935 people in the township, 6,298 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Lewis Township, Brown County
  Lewis Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Lewis Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,362 people in the township, 2,071 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Clermont County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,351 people in the township, 1,980 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west

Bracken County, Kentucky

Bracken County, Kentucky

Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1797. The population was 8,488 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Brooksville, Kentucky.-History:...

 lies across the Ohio River to the south.

Two incorporated villages are located in Franklin Township: Chilo

Chilo, Ohio

Chilo is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 97 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chilo is located at ....

 in the southwest along the Ohio River, and Felicity

Felicity, Ohio

Felicity is a village in Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population was 922 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Felicity is located at ....

 in the center. As well, the unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 of Utopia

Utopia, Ohio

Utopia is an unincorporated town in far southern Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio, United States, along the banks of the Ohio River. Utopia has been referred to as a "ghost town" although there are still people who live there.- Geography :...

 lies in the township's south.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide

Franklin Township, Ohio

Franklin Township, Ohio may refer to:*Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio...

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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.