Franklin Township is one of the twelve townships

Civil township

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 of Fulton County

Fulton County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 739 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Gorham Township
  Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Gorham Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,372 people in the township, 1,032 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Chesterfield Township
  Chesterfield Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Chesterfield Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,050 people in the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,468 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Chesterfield Township - north...
  
   - east
• Clinton Township
  Clinton Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  Clinton Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,280 people in the township, 2,189 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast corner
• German Township
  German Township, Fulton County, Ohio
  German Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,458 people in the township, 2,168 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Brady Township, Williams County
  Brady Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Brady Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,822 people in the township, 1,032 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - west
• Mill Creek Township, Williams County
  Mill Creek Township, Williams County, Ohio
  Mill Creek Township is one of the twelve townships of Williams County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 935 people in the township, 630 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.

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.