Franklin Township, Mercer County, Ohio

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Franklin Township, Ohio
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Ohio
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Mercer

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area_total_km2 = 71.0
area_land_km2 = 65.0
area_water_km2 = 6.0
area_total_sq_mi = 27.4
area_land_sq_mi = 25.1
area_water_sq_mi = 2.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 2303
population_density_km2 = 35.4
population_density_sq_mi = 91.7

timezone = Eastern (EST)
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timezone_DST = EDT
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elevation_m = 270
elevation_ft = 886
latd = 40 |latm = 29 |lats = 7 |latNS = N
longd = 84 |longm = 31 |longs = 31 |longEW = W

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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. [ [http://www.osuedc.org/profiles/population/places.php?sid=41&fips=39107 Mercer County, Ohio — Population by Places Estimates] Ohio State University, 2007. Accessed 15 May 2007.]

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
*Jefferson Township - north
*Saint Marys Township, Auglaize County - east
*German Township, Auglaize County - southeast
*Marion Township - south
*Butler Township - west

The village of Montezuma is located in northwestern 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

External links

* [http://www.mercercountyohio.org County website]