Franklin Township, Randolph County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Franklin Township
Township

Coordinates: 40°15′53″N 85°03′21″W / 40.26472°N 85.05583°W / 40.26472; -85.05583
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Randolph
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	24 sq mi (60 km)
• Land	23.93 sq mi (62.0 km)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.2 km)
Elevation	978 ft (298 m)
Population
• Total	1,124
• Density	47/sq mi (18/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-25594
GNIS feature ID	453313

Franklin Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,124 (down from 1,265 at 2010) and it contained 540 housing units.

History

Franklin Township was established in 1859.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24 square miles (62 km), of which 23.93 square miles (62.0 km) (or 99.71%) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km) (or 0.29%) is water.

Cities and towns

Ridgeville

References

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
"Census Bureau profile: Franklin Township, Randolph County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
Tucker, E. (1882). History of Randolph County, Indiana: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to which are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships. A.L. Klingman. p. 50.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Winchester
Cities	Union City Winchester	Map of Indiana highlighting Randolph County
Towns	Albany‡ Farmland Losantville Lynn Modoc Parker City Ridgeville Saratoga
Townships	Franklin Green Greensfork Jackson Monroe Stoney Creek Union Ward Washington Wayne White River
CDPs	Fairview Spartanburg Windsor‡
Other communities	Arba Bartonia Bloomingport Buena Vista Carlos Crete Deerfield Georgetown Harrisville Haysville Corner Huntsville Maxville Mull New Lisbon New Pittsburg Pinch Randolph Rural Scott Corner Shedville Snow Hill South Salem Stone Unionport
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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