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==Quick Facts==
==Maps==
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The department has several plat maps for viewing. Plat maps include land owners names and the location of their property.
 
 
 
===1807 Federal Survey Map of Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio===
 
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R13T14-Franklin-1807FedSurvey.jpg|Franklin Township Survey Map 1807
 
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===1856 Baker's Map of Wayne County, Ohio===
 
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File:1856BakersMapFranklinTwp.jpg|Franklin Township 1856
 
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===1873 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio===
 
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File:Franklin.jpg|Franklin
 
File:Moreland, Franklin Township.jpg|Moreland
 
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===1897 Caldwell's Atlas of Wayne County, Ohio===
 
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File:Franklin Township.jpg|Franklin Township
 
File:Moreland, Franklin Township.jpg|Moreland
 
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===Index to Maps===
 
* Index to [[Caldwell's Atlas (1873)/Franklin Township]]
 
* Index to [[Caldwell's Atlas (1897)/Franklin Township]]
 
 
 
==Newspaper Articles==
 
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*  [http://www.oldohioschools.com/wayne_county.htm Photos of Wayne County Schools]
 
*  [http://www.oldohioschools.com/wayne_county.htm Photos of Wayne County Schools]
 
* [https://www.franklintownshipohio.us/cemetery.html Franklin Township Website]
 
* [https://www.franklintownshipohio.us/cemetery.html Franklin Township Website]
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[[Category:Franklin Township, Wayne County, Ohio]]
 
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Latest revision as of 09:06, 18 July 2023

Franklin Township was established June 7, 1820 and was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin.[1]

The township composed part of the originally surveyed townships 14 and 15 of range 13.[2]

Reportedly James Morgan, a native of old Virginia, started the second permanent white settlement in Wayne County when he arrived in Franklin Township in the early spring of 1808.[3]

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External links

  1. Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 596.
  2. Douglass, Ben. History of Wayne County, Ohio. Indianapolis: Robert Douglass Publisher, 1878. pg. 58.
  3. Wayne County Scrapbook, compliments of McIntire,Davis & Greene Funeral Home.