Franklin Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mercer County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,303 people in the township, 2,112 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.GeographyLocated in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: Jefferson Township - northSaint Marys Township, Auglaize County - eastGerman Township, Auglaize County - southeastMarion Township - southButler Township - west The village of Montezuma is located in northwestern Franklin Township.Name and historyFranklin Township was organized in 1841. It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide.GovernmentThe 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.
