Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Tuscarawas County

Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Tuscarawas County is a county located in the eastern part of the state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 92,582. Its county seat is New Philadelphia...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 4,244 people in the township, 1,934 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Bethlehem Township, Stark County
  Bethlehem Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Bethlehem Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,650 people in the township, 4,210 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Lawrence Township
  Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Lawrence Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,241 people in the township, 4,154 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Dover Township
  Dover Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Dover Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,726 people in the township, 4,485 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Sugar Creek Township
  Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 3,894 people in the township, 1,720 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,743 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Sugar Creek Township, Stark County
  Sugar Creek Township, Stark County, Ohio
  Sugar Creek Township is one of the seventeen townships of Stark County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 6,740 people in the township, 2,944 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Strasburg

Strasburg, Ohio

Strasburg is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,310 at the 2000 census.Strasburg is the location of the Lynn Auto Theatre.-Geography:Strasburg is located at , along Sugar Creek....

 is located in eastern 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. The current trustees are Max Bonifant, Randy Fearon, and Douglas Gene Hensel, and the fiscal officer is Tammy Spidell.