Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships

Civil township

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 of Monroe County

Monroe County, Ohio

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United States Census, 2000

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 found 453 people in the township, 367 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.

Geography

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

• Seneca Township
  Seneca Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Seneca Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 508 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Summit Township
  Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Summit Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 714 people in the township, 481 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast
• Wayne Township
  Wayne Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Wayne Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 348 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Summit Township - north...
  
   - east
• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Washington Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 520 people in the township, 407 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - southeast
• Bethel Township
  Bethel Township, Monroe County, Ohio
  Bethel Township is one of the eighteen townships of Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 357 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - south
• Elk Township, Noble County
  Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Elk Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 305 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southeastern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - southwest
• Stock Township, Noble County
  Stock Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Stock Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 383 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Marion Township - north...
  
   - west
• Marion Township, Noble County
  Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio
  Marion Township is one of the fifteen townships of Noble County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 730 people in the township, 434 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northwest corner

The village of Stafford

Stafford, Ohio

Stafford is a village in Monroe County, Ohio, United States. The population was 86 at the 2000 census.Stafford is served by the Monroe County District Library from its administrative offices in Woodsfield, Ohio.-Geography:...

 lies in southwestern 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.