Franklin Township, Warren County, Ohio | |
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Coordinates: 39°33′1″N84°18′31″W / 39.55028°N 84.30861°W Coordinates: 39°33′1″N84°18′31″W / 39.55028°N 84.30861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio |
County | Warren |
Area | |
• Total | 33.6 sq mi (87 km2) |
• Land | 33.1 sq mi (86 km2) |
• Water | 0.5 sq mi (1 km2) |
Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 31,676 [2] |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 45005 |
Area code(s) | 937, 326 |
FIPS code | 39-28490 [3] |
GNIS feature ID | 1087113 [1] |
Franklin Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the northwest corner of the county. The population was 31,676 as of the 2020 census.
Located in the northwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships and city:
A large part of the township is in the cities of Franklin and Carlisle, but parts are in the city of Springboro.
Other communities in the township are Hunter, Blue Ball, and Chautauqua.
Named from the village of Franklin, [4] it is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide. [5]
One of the original four townships of Warren County, Franklin Township was created on May 10, 1803. [6]
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, [7] 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.
In November 2004, the people of Franklin Township and the city of Franklin voted on a committee to study merging the two communities. The Board of Elections improperly failed to submit the question to the voters in the township, but the vote in the city was against the merger.
Most of the township is in the Franklin City and Carlisle City School Districts, but parts are in the Springboro City and Middletown City School Districts. Telephone service is provided through the Franklin, Middletown, Miamisburg, Centerville, and Germantown exchanges, while mail is provided through the Franklin, Carlisle, and Middletown post offices.
Interstate 75 runs through the township, as do State Routes 122, 123 and 73. The Miami and Erie Canal formerly ran through the township.
Warren County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 242,337. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county is one of Ohio’s most affluent, with the county median income the highest of Ohio’s 88 counties. The county was established on May 1, 1803 from Hamilton County; it is named for Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the Revolution who sent Paul Revere and the overlooked William Dawes on their famous rides and who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Warren County is part of the Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Clearcreek Township is one of the eleven townships of Warren County, Ohio, United States, located in the north central portion of the county. It had a population of 36,238 in 2020. It was originally about forty-two square miles in area. The highest point in the county is in Clearcreek Township, near the community of Five Points. Statewide, the only other Clearcreek Townships are located in Fairfield County and in Ashland County.
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Liberty Township is a suburb of Cincinnati located in Butler County, Ohio. It is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 43,999 at the 2020 census. It is located on the east-central part of the county, just south of the city of Monroe. It was named for Liberty, Pennsylvania, at the suggestion of John Morrow, a resident in the township at the time of its formation in 1803 who was the brother of Ohio Governor Jeremiah Morrow, after his hometown. The first settler was John Nelson, who arrived in 1796, seven years before Ohio became a state. It is one of 25 Liberty Townships statewide.
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Miami Township is one of the fourteen townships of Clermont County, Ohio, United States. The population at the 2010 census was 40,848, up from 36,632 in 2000. The township's students are served mostly by Milford Exempted Village Schools.
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German Township is one of the nine townships of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 8,429.
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