Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships

Civil township

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 of Brown County

Brown County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 42,285 people, 15,555 households, and 11,790 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 17,193 housing units at an average density of 35 per square mile...

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,596 people in the township, 1,594 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,271 people in the township, 1,409 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Eagle Township
  Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Eagle Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,438 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,221 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Eagle Township - north...
  
   - east
• Jefferson Township
  Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Jefferson Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,355 people in the township, 902 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Pleasant Township
  Pleasant Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Pleasant Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 5,187 people in the township, 1,498 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Scott Township
  Scott Township, Brown County, Ohio
  Scott Township is one of the sixteen townships of Brown County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,253 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Pike Township - north...
  
   - northwest

No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.

Name and history

It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide

Franklin Township, Ohio

Franklin Township, Ohio may refer to:*Franklin Township, Adams County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Clermont County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Columbiana County, Ohio*Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio...

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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.