Franklin Township is one of the twenty-five townships

Civil township

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 of Licking County

Licking County, Ohio

Licking County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 166,492. Its county seat is Newark and is named for the salt licks that were in the area....

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Ohio

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,782 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:

• Madison Township
  Madison Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Madison Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,061 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - north
• Hanover Township
  Hanover Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Hanover Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,731 people in the township, 1,846 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Hopewell Township
  Hopewell Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Hopewell Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,200 people in the township, 1,104 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Bowling Green Township
  Bowling Green Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Bowling Green Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,668 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Licking Township
  Licking Township, Licking County, Ohio
  Licking Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Licking County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,870 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the southern edge of the county, it borders the following townships and city:...
  
   - west
• Heath
  Heath, Ohio
  As of the census of 2000, there were 8,527 people, 3,403 households, and 2,375 families residing in the city. The population density was 816.6 people per square mile . There were 3,593 housing units at an average density of 344.1 per square mile...
  
   - northwest

A small part of the city of Heath occupies the northwestern corner of 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.