FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, MERCER COUNTY, OHIO

Location of Franklin Township (red) in Mercer County, relative to the county seat of Celina (orange) and Grand Lake St. Marys in (blue).

'Franklin Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,303 people in the township, 2,112 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.[1]

Contents
Geography
Name and history
Government
References
External links

Geography


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

★ Jefferson Township - north

★ Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - east

★ German Township, Auglaize County - southeast

★ Marion Township - south

★ Butler Township - west
The village of Montezuma is located in northwestern Franklin Township.

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


1. Mercer County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



★ County website

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