Franklin Township is one of the fifteen townships

Civil township

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 of Harrison County, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 641 people in the township, 559 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Monroe Township
  Monroe Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,241 people in the township, 827 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - north
• Stock Township
  Stock Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 432 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the north central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*North Township - north...
  
   - east
• Nottingham Township
  Nottingham Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Nottingham Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 392 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Harrison County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the fifteen townships of Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 598 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Rush Township, Tuscarawas County
  Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Rush Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 887 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Mill Township, Tuscarawas County
  Mill Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
  Mill Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 10,290 people in the township, 1,835 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Deersville

Deersville, Ohio

Deersville is a village in Harrison County, Ohio, United States. The population was 82 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Deersville is located at ....

 is located in southeastern 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.