FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, RICHLAND COUNTY, OHIO

'Franklin Township' is one of the eighteen townships of Richland County, Ohio, United States. It is a part of the Mansfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 census found 1,772 people in the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Blooming Grove Township - north

★ Butler Township - northeast corner

★ Weller Township - east

★ Madison Township - south

★ Springfield Township - southwest corner

★ Jackson Township - west

★ Cass Township - northwest corner
Part of the city of Mansfield, the county seat of Richland County, is located in southern 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. Richland County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links

★ County website