Country United States County Mercer FIPS code 39-28350 Elevation 270 m Local time Thursday 7:42 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086624 Population 2,303 (2000) | |
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Weather -8°C, Wind SW at 11 km/h, 74% Humidity Area 70.97 km² (65.01 km² Land / 5.957 km² Water) | ||
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.
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Map of Franklin Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Montezuma is located in northwestern Franklin Township.
Name and history
Franklin Township was organized in 1841. 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 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.