Franklin Township, Columbiana County, Ohio

Franklin Township is one of the eighteen townships of Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census reported 735 people living in the township.

Geography
Located in the southwestern part of the county, it borders the following townships:
 * Center Township - northeast
 * Wayne Township - east
 * Washington Township - southeast
 * Fox Township, Carroll County - southwest
 * East Township, Carroll County - west
 * Hanover Township - northwest

One village is located in Franklin Township:
 * The village of Summitville, in the west

Name and history
It is one of twenty-one Franklin Townships statewide. The township was organized in 1816.

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.

Township Trustees

 * Joe Medure, Chairman
 * Mike Lutz, Vice Chairman
 * Mike Johnson

Fiscal Officer

 * Britnie Baker