FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, SHELBY COUNTY, OHIO

'Franklin Township' is one of the fourteen townships of Shelby County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,842 people in the township, 1,773 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.^[1]

Contents

Geography

Name and history

Government

References

External links

Geography

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

★ Dinsmore Township - north

★ Jackson Township - northeast

★ Salem Township - southeast

★ Clinton Township - south

★ Turtle Creek Township - southwest

★ Van Buren Township - northwest
Two incorporated municipalities are located in Franklin Township: part of the village of Anna in the north, and part of the city of Sidney, the county seat of Shelby County, in the south. As well, the unincorporated community of Swanders lies in the township's center.

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.
Franklin Township's offices are located on County Road 25-A in Swanders, adjacent to Pearl Cemetery.

References

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

External links

★ County website