Official Name: | Franklin Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Randolph |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 24 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.93 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1124 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 298 |
Elevation Ft: | 978 |
Coordinates: | 40.2647°N -85.0558°W |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-25594[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 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[4]) and it contained 540 housing units.
Franklin Township was established in 1859.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.71%) is land and (or 0.29%) is water.[4]