FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, ROSS COUNTY, OHIO

Municipalities and townships of Ross County.

'Franklin Township' is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,671 people in 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:

Liberty Township - northeast

Jefferson Township - east

Jackson Township, Pike County - southeast

Pee Pee Township, Pike County - southwest

Huntington Township - west

Scioto Township - northwest
No municipalities are located in 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. Ross County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.

External links



County website

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