Country United States County Monroe FIPS code 39-28357 Elevation 332 m Local time Thursday 7:42 AM | State Ohio Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) GNIS feature ID 1086650 Area 61.6 km² Population 427 (2010) | |
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Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 427, including 81 people in the village of Stafford.
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Map of Franklin Township, OH, USA
Geography
Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:
The village of Stafford lies in southwestern 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 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.