Franklin Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 1,439 people in the township.
Geography
Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Liberty Township – northeast Jefferson Township – east Jackson Township, Pike County – southeast Pee Pee Township, Pike County – southwest Huntington Township – west Scioto Township – northwest
No municipalities are located in 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.