Franklin Township (Darke County, Ohio)

Darke County

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Franklin Township is one of 20 townships of Darke County in the U.S. state of Ohio. According to the census in 2000 1206 inhabitants were registered here.

Geography

Franklin Township is located in the southeast of the Darke County in western Ohio and borders clockwise to the townships: Adams Township, Newberry Township, Miami County, Newton Township ( Miami County), Monroe Township, Twin Township and Van Buren Township.

Management

The township is administered by a Board of Trustees consisting of three elected members. Two persons are elected in the year after the presidential election and one each in the previous year. The term of office lasts four years, beginning on 1 January. There is also a Township Clerk ( responsible for finance and budget), which is also elected in the year before the presidential election to a four -year term. Whose term of office begins on April 1.