Franklin Township is one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 695 people in the township.
Geography Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: Gorham Township - north Chesterfield Township - northeast corner Dover Township - east Clinton Township - southeast corner German Township - south Brady Township, Williams County - west Mill Creek Township, Williams County - northwest
No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.
Name and history It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide.
Part of the "Old State Line," originally surveyed as the Ordinance line, is located in the township. Michigan once considered the northern part of Ohio, a difference of about eight miles known as the Toledo Strip, as its own. Ohio and Michigan came to blows in an 1835-1836 confrontation between the state militias known as the Toledo War over the location of the state line between the two states.Ohio-Michigan Rivalry Began With A Border Dispute In 1835 themirrornewspaper.com Retrieved 29 March 2016Take Back the Toledo Strip! by David Swain, from the January 2014 issue, AnnArborObserver.com Retrieved 29 March 2016
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,§503.24, §505.01, and §507.01 of the Ohio Revised Code. Accessed 4/30/2009. 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.
Public services
Public Schools
Students from the township are served by the following public local school districts:School District Boundary Maps GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 29 March 2016
Archbold Area Local School District Fayette Local School District
Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:Zip Map: Fulton County ZipMap.net
Archbold, Ohio 43502 Fayette, Ohio 43521 Wauseon, Ohio 43567 West Unity, Ohio 43570
Telephone
Most of the township lies within the Fayette telephone exchange, which is served by Frontier North, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:PUCO: Ohio Telephone Exchange Areas puco.gov
419-237 419-500 567-404
A smaller eastern portion of the township is within the Wauseon telephone exchange, which is served by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:
419-330 419-335 419-337 419-388 419-404 419-583 419-590
Electric
Toledo Edison and Midwest Energy Cooperative serves the township with electricity.PUCO: Electric Service Areas of Ohio puco.gov
Highways Ohio Turnpike Exit 25 intersects Ohio State Route 66 that runs through the township.
Ohio Turnpike
References
External links County website