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Franklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio

Township in Ohio, US

Township in Ohio, US

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official_nameFranklin Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio
settlement_typeTownship
image_skylineSugar Creek Ohio.jpg
imagesize250px
image_captionSugar Creek just below the Beach City Dam
image_mapMap of Tuscarawas County Ohio Highlighting Franklin Township.png
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of Franklin Township in Tuscarawas County
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUnited States
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1Ohio
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2Tuscarawas
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km260.5
area_land_km259.9
area_water_km20.7
area_total_sq_mi23.4
area_land_sq_mi23.1
area_water_sq_mi0.3
population_as_of2020
population_footnotes
population_total4846
population_density_km280.9
population_density_sq_mi209.8
timezoneEastern (EST)
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTEDT
utc_offset_DST-4
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m287
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coordinates
blank_nameFIPS code
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Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 4,846 people in the township.

Geography

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

  • Bethlehem Township, Stark County - northeast
  • Lawrence Township - east
  • Dover Township - southeast
  • Sugar Creek Township - southwest
  • Wayne Township - west
  • Sugar Creek Township, Stark County - northwest

The village of Strasburg is located in eastern 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. The current trustees are Max Bonifant, Randy Fearon, and Douglas Gene Hensel, and the fiscal officer is Tammy Spidell.

References

References

  1. "Franklin township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Census Bureau Profile". United States Census Bureau.
  2. (2007-10-25). "US Board on Geographic Names". [[United States Geological Survey]].
  3. "U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  4. (2000). "Detailed map of Ohio". [[United States Census Bureau]].
  5. [http://www.co.tuscarawas.oh.us/Engineer/Trustees.htm Tuscarawas County, Ohio — Engineer: Joseph S. Bachman] {{Webarchive. link. (2007-05-28 . Tuscarawas County. Accessed 2007-06-01.)
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