Franklin Township is one of the twenty-two townships

Civil township

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 of Coshocton County

Coshocton County, Ohio

Coshocton County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,901. Its county seat is Coshocton. Its name comes from the Delaware Indian language and has been translated as "union of waters" or "black bear crossing".The Coshocton...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 1,286 people in the township, 922 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Tuscarawas Township
  Tuscarawas Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Tuscarawas Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,798 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Lafayette Township
  Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Lafayette Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 4,285 people in the township, 1,972 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Linton Township
  Linton Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Linton Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 632 people in the township, 474 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Monroe Township, Muskingum County
  Monroe Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Monroe Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 439 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southeast corner
• Adams Township, Muskingum County
  Adams Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Adams Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 516 people in the township.-Geography:Located on the northern edge of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Cass Township, Muskingum County
  Cass Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
  Cass Township is one of the twenty-five townships of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,492 people in the township, 1,419 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southwest
• Virginia Township
  Virginia Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Virginia Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 636 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - west
• Jackson Township
  Jackson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio
  Jackson Township is one of the twenty-two townships of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,045 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the south central part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest

The village of Conesville

Conesville, Ohio

Conesville is a village in Coshocton County, Ohio, United States, along the Muskingum River. The population was 364 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Conesville is located at ....

 is located in western 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.