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Deep dives about Franklin Township, Franklin County
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- Crew Stadium Site and the Hollywood Casino VoteOhio's 2009 casino amendment fixed Columbus's casino on Arena District land where the Crew now play. Franklin County voted 82 percent in 2010 to move it west.
- McCoy ParkMcCoy Park is a 31-acre Southwest Columbus park behind the Franklinton floodwall, leased in 2026 for the city's new NWSL team's training facility.
How Franklin Township, Franklin County began
Franklin Township was one of the four original townships laid out immediately after Franklin County's own formation in 1803, and the only one that still carries its original name. It contains the site of Franklinton, laid out on the west bank of the Scioto River by surveyor Lucas Sullivant in August 1797, the first permanent Euro-American settlement in the county and its seat of government from 1803 until 1824, now absorbed into Columbus. The township lost its western third to the new Prairie Township in 1819. During the Civil War, Camp Chase, a Union training camp and Confederate prisoner-of-war camp, stood on the National Road within the township; only its Confederate cemetery survives amid the houses that replaced it. Today Franklin Township is a scatter of small unincorporated islands mostly surrounded by Columbus, home to Green Lawn Abbey, Campbell (Shrum) Mound, and the grounds where the state's Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum once stood.
Settled 1797, platted 1797, incorporated 1803, by Lucas Sullivant surveyed and platted Franklinton in 1797; the township was organized in 1803 as one of Franklin County's original four townships, the same year the county itself was formed.
Where the name comes from
Franklin Township takes its name from Franklin County, formed in 1803 and divided at once into four townships; the 1880 county history notes it 'is the only township in the county that bears its original name,' the other three having since been renamed or subdivided. The county in turn was named for Benjamin Franklin.
Before the town
The 1880 county history, drawing on the recollection of early resident Nelson Foos, records that Wyandot people were the most numerous Native residents in the township during early settlement, with some Lenape (Delaware) and Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga) families as well. It places 'an extensive encampment... on the west bank of the Scioto river, not far from where now stands the Harrisburg bridge,' and says Native families had raised corn on river-bottom land that settlers came to call 'Sullivant's Prairie.' The same account, filtered through settler memory eight decades later, describes relations as generally peaceable and recounts that one man stayed behind after the rest left the area, living on game and settlers' charity until he was shot by a hunter. Franklin County lay south and east of the Greenville Treaty Line, so this land was ceded by the Wyandot, Lenape, Shawnee, Miami, Ottawa, and other signatory nations to the United States under the 1795 Treaty of Greenville, two years before Sullivant's survey. Far older evidence also survives: Campbell Mound (commonly called Shrum Mound), a conical burial mound raised by people of the Adena culture roughly 800 BC to AD 100, stands on a bluff above the Scioto at 3141 McKinley Avenue within the township and has never been archaeologically excavated. No further township-specific record of Adena, Hopewell, or Fort Ancient villages, or of named Wyandot/Lenape/Mingo towns or trails here, was found in the sources checked.
Nations recorded here: Wyandot, Lenape (Delaware), Mingo (Seneca-Cayuga), Adena culture.
- Campbell Mound (Shrum Mound) (mound) — 3141 McKinley Avenue, Franklin Township/west Columbus, on a bluff above the Scioto River, Adena culture, roughly 800 BC – AD 100 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Scioto River encampment near the Harrisburg bridge (camp) — west bank of the Scioto River, Franklin Township, near the later Harrisburg bridge, pre-settlement through the early 1800s (archive.org)
Timeline
- — The Treaty of Greenville cedes most of what becomes Franklin County, lying south and east of the treaty line, to the United States, opening the Scioto valley to survey and settlement.
- — In August, surveyor Lucas Sullivant lays out the village of Franklinton on the west bank of the Scioto, the first permanent settlement in the county, naming it for the recently deceased Benjamin Franklin; he donates lots along 'Gift Street' to actual settlers to encourage the town's growth.
- — Joseph Dixon becomes the first settler family at 'the Forks of the Scioto,' as Franklinton was first known, according to early resident A. McElvain's account recorded eight decades later.
- — Franklin County is organized and divided into four original townships; Franklin Township is the only one that keeps its original name. Zachariah Stephen and James Marshall serve as its first justices of the peace, and Franklinton becomes the county seat, a role it holds until 1824. (Wikipedia's infobox instead gives 1804 as the township's organization date.)
- — A log schoolhouse operates on Gift Street in Franklinton, among the township's earliest schools; early pupil Mr. Foos later recalled a teacher whose drunken cruelty finally got him run off.
- — Prairie Township is created out of Franklin Township's western part, reducing Franklin to approximately its present limits.
- — Lucas Sullivant builds the township's first grist-mill of any size, on the Scioto; the property later becomes known as Rickley's Mill.
- — A 50-acre slate quarry tract on the Scioto River is purchased from William S. Sullivant; its stone, described as resembling clouded marble, is used to build the Ohio Statehouse and the state penitentiary.
- — Camp Chase, a Union training camp and later a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp, operates on the south side of the National Road about four miles west of Columbus; roughly 150,000 Union soldiers and 25,000 Confederate prisoners pass through it over the war.
- — On November 18, fire destroys the original state lunatic asylum building in Columbus; six female patients are suffocated in the smoke, and the fire is believed to have been set deliberately.
- — The state buys 300 acres from William S. Sullivant in Franklin Township, naming the site 'Glenwood,' for a replacement asylum; Governor Rutherford B. Hayes presides as the Masonic Grand Lodge lays the cornerstone on July 4.
- — In spring, a Friends (Quaker) meeting is organized at Camp Chase; members build a brick meetinghouse that summer where the National Road crosses the Cincinnati, Springfield & Columbus Railroad, at a cost of $1,300.
- — The new Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, an immense building with roughly 1,000 rooms and nearly 100 miles of pipe for steam, water, and gas, is completed and opens to patients on August 13.
- — Campbell Mound (Shrum Mound) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 10.
- — The Camp Chase site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11.
Stories
Gift Street and the founding of Franklinton
Early in 1797, Lucas Sullivant came into the Scioto country as a surveyor working the Virginia Military District, the tract set aside to pay Revolutionary War land bounties. That fall he laid out a village on the river's west bank and named it Franklinton, for Benjamin Franklin, who had died a few years before. To draw settlers to a raw frontier town, Sullivant gave away the lots along one street to anyone who would actually live on them; the street kept the name Gift Street ever after, and the inducement worked. The first families arrived that same fall and winter, among them Joseph Dixon, remembered as the very first, followed by George Skidmore, the Armstrong brothers, John Brickell, and others whose names the 1880 county history preserves. Sickness slowed the colony's early years, but by the War of 1812 Franklinton was, by local memory, at the height of its prosperity, and it served as Franklin County's seat of government until 1824, when the honor passed across the river to the new town of Columbus.
Camp Chase: rendezvous, prison, and forgetting
Camp Chase opened in May 1861 on leased ground beside the National Road, about four miles west of Columbus, named for Lincoln's Treasury secretary Salmon P. Chase. It trained Ohio volunteers bound for the war and, as the fighting wore on, held Confederate prisoners as well; over four years some 150,000 Union soldiers and 25,000 Confederate captives passed through its gate, and disease, especially a smallpox outbreak in the winter of 1863-64, killed hundreds of the prisoners. Writing only fifteen years after the camp closed, the county historian could already report that its grounds had been divided into house lots, the parade ground built over, with almost nothing left to mark 'the days of lang syne' except a decaying tavern called the Four Mile House. What did remain, and remains today, is the cemetery beside Sullivant Avenue holding 2,260 Confederate dead, tended still, unlike the mass graves at Andersonville the same writer was at pains to distinguish it from. The camp site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
A fire, and the asylum on the hill
Ohio's first state lunatic asylum stood in Columbus proper, a quadrangular building of 440 rooms finished in 1847 at a cost of over $153,000, built in part by convict labor from the state penitentiary. On the night of November 18, 1868, fire tore through it; of 320 patients, all but six women, suffocated in one ward, were gotten out alive, and the county history records flatly that the blaze was believed set on purpose. The legislature voted money for a replacement, and in 1870 the state bought 300 acres from William S. Sullivant on a hill in Franklin Township overlooking the city, a site the matron named Glenwood for its wild beauty. Governor Rutherford B. Hayes presided as the Masonic Grand Lodge laid the cornerstone that Fourth of July. It took seven years and some 35 million bricks to finish: eight patient wings, a theater and chapel, and, notably for a water atlas, close to 100 miles of steam, water-supply, and gas piping running through the building. It opened to patients on August 13, 1877, as the Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum.
Campbell Mound, unopened for two thousand years
On a bluff above the Scioto River at what is now 3141 McKinley Avenue, people of the Adena culture raised a conical earthen mound sometime between about 800 BC and AD 100. Standing roughly 20 feet high and 100 feet across, it is known locally as Shrum Mound but carries the official name Campbell Mound on the National Register of Historic Places, which listed it in 1970. Unlike many Ohio mounds opened by nineteenth- and twentieth-century antiquarians, this one has never been archaeologically excavated, so what it holds, and who was buried there, remains unknown. The Ohio History Connection now manages the small park around it, called Campbell Memorial Park, where it stands as one of the few visible traces of the people who lived along the Scioto many centuries before Lucas Sullivant's survey crews arrived.
The schoolmaster on Gift Street
As early as 1805, a log schoolhouse stood on Gift Street in Franklinton, one of the township's first, and a boy named Foos, who grew up to help the 1880 county historian with much of what is known about early Franklin Township, was among its pupils. The teacher, an Irishman the account says was well educated, was also, in its words, 'cursed with an inordinate appetite for whiskey,' and drunk for most of each day. His preferred punishment was to make a child lay both palms flat on the desk, then draw a knife blade across the fingers deeply enough to cut. Word eventually reached the parents, and the man was, in the historian's relish, 'summarily kicked from the temple of learning.' It is a small, sharp story, but it is one of the few surviving glimpses of daily life, and its dangers, in the township's first permanent settlement.
Photographs
Photo: A. Ruger; Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co.; Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: The Chautauquan, August 1902, p. 435, public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jsjessee, via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: archive.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Historic places
1 place in Franklin Township, Franklin County on the National Register of Historic Places. Press a pin or a name for its whole record.
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Green Lawn AbbeyBuilding · Columbia · listed 2007
- Address
- 700 Greenlawn Ave.
- Where
- Columbia, Franklin County · ZIP 43223
- What it is
- Building
- Listed on the National Register
- 2007
- NRIS reference number
- 07000632
- Coordinates
- 39.94077, -83.01611
National Register file (NPS) ↗ Search Wikipedia ↗ Street map and directions ↗ On the Cracked Buckeye map
Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places point file. The listing year is shown where NPS's certification date agrees with the listing's reference number. Listing recognizes significance; it does not restrict a private owner.
Water
Scioto River intake at the plant on Dublin Rd, a few miles below Griggs Dam, opposite Marble Cliff The water here
- Columbus Public Water System98% of residentsScioto River (Griggs & O'Shaughnessy), Hoover Reservoir on Big Walnut Ck, plus wells
- Sanitary District #41% of residentsScioto River (Griggs & O'Shaughnessy), Hoover Reservoir on Big Walnut Ck, plus wells
- Aqua Ohio - Timberbrook Pw1% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Oak Hills Mobile Home Park0% of residentsGroundwater wells (2 wells)
- Monterey Care Center0% of residentsScioto River (Griggs & O'Shaughnessy), Hoover Reservoir on Big Walnut Ck, plus wells
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Franklin Township, Franklin County's boundary: 2 fire and EMS stations, 1 power plant, 6 public schools, 2 poor-rated bridges, 3 museums, 8 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 15 spill cases. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Fire and EMS stations (2)
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Franklin Township Fire Department Station 192Columbus
- Address
- 4100 Sullivant Avenue, Columbus, OH 43228
- Coordinates
- 39.94231, -83.10952
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Franklin Township Fire Department Station 193 HeadquartersColumbus
- Address
- 2193 Frank Road, Columbus, OH 43223
- Coordinates
- 39.92062, -83.06063
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Power plants (1)
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Renick Run Pumping Station 03-04Petroleum · 2 MW
- Capacity
- 2 MW
- Main source
- Petroleum
- Technology
- Petroleum Liquids
- Operator
- City of Columbus - (OH)
- Sector
- Electric Utility
- Where
- Columbus, Franklin County
- Generating units
- 2
- Built
- 2006
- EIA plant code
- 56420
EIA plant page ↗ EIA-860 (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EIA-860 power plant inventory via HIFLD (February 2025), with plant codes, units and years from EIA-860 2025.
Public schools (6)
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East Franklin Elementary School3 of 5 stars · Columbus
- Address
- 1955 Richmond Rd, Columbus, OH 43223
- School district
- South-Western City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 259
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 12.53
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 54.3%
- Ohio building IRN
- 017307
- NCES school ID
- 390448005965
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Finland Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Columbus
- Address
- 1835 Finland Ave, Columbus, OH 43223
- School district
- South-Western City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 368
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 21.89
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 69.1%
- Ohio building IRN
- 011643
- NCES school ID
- 390448001658
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Finland Middle School4 of 5 stars · Columbus
- Address
- 1827 Finland Ave, Columbus, OH 43223
- School district
- South-Western City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 641
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 36.14
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 64.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 062208
- NCES school ID
- 390448001659
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Franklin Heights High School2.5 of 5 stars · Columbus
- Address
- 1001 Demorest Rd, Columbus, OH 43204
- School district
- South-Western City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 1,377
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 67.9
- Report card, 2025-26
- 2.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 68%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 91.5%
- Ohio building IRN
- 012328
- NCES school ID
- 390448001660
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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James A Harmon Elementary School4 of 5 stars · Grove City
- Address
- 1861 Gantz Rd, Grove City, OH 43123
- School district
- South-Western City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 598
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 27.17
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 74.6%
- Ohio building IRN
- 033191
- NCES school ID
- 390448001675
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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West Franklin Elementary School3.5 of 5 stars · Columbus
- Address
- 3501 Briggs Rd, Columbus, OH 43204
- School district
- South-Western City School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 484
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 28.27
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 64.4%
- Ohio building IRN
- 038646
- NCES school ID
- 390448001678
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Bridges rated poor (2)
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Chippewa St over Barbee Dtc (chippewa St)Poor · built 1964
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1964
- Length
- 16 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 1,949
- Coordinates
- 39.98586, -83.09182
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Frank Rd over Early Run(frank Rd)Poor · built 1973
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1973
- Length
- 22 ft
- Owner
- County
- Vehicles a day
- 17,009
- Coordinates
- 39.91891, -83.05146
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Museums, historical societies, gardens and zoos (3)
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Franklinton Historical SocietyHistorical society · Columbus
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Columbus
- Coordinates
- 39.93864, -83.04445
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Green Lawn Cemetery FoundationHistorical society · Columbus
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Columbus
- Coordinates
- 39.93885, -83.03048
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
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Memorial Society Of The Columbus Police Honor GuardHistorical society · Columbus
- What it is
- Historical society
- City
- Columbus
- Coordinates
- 39.97582, -83.08297
Search Wikipedia ↗ IMLS Museum Data Files (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
The museum list is IMLS's 2018 file; a museum may have closed or moved since.
Source: IMLS Museum Data Files, 2018.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (8)
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Buckeye Terminals LlcToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 303 North Wilson Road, Columbus, OH 43204
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43204BPXPL303WI
- EPA registry ID
- 110055951144
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Dph-Das Llc, Columbus OperationsToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 200 Georgesville Rd., Columbus, OH 43228
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43228GNRLM200GE
- EPA registry ID
- 110000382648
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LpToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 3866 Fisher Road, Columbus, OH 43228
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43228CLMBS3866F
- EPA registry ID
- 110001623645
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Energy Transfer Marketing & Terminals LpToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 3499 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH 43204
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43204SNCNC3499W
- EPA registry ID
- 110000493350
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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State of Ohio Das/Gsd/FmToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 4200 Surface Rd., Columbus, OH 43228
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43228FLRSP4200S
- EPA registry ID
- 110002109423
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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T Marzetti Co - Allen DivisionToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 1709 Frank Rd, Columbus, OH 43223
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (***unchanged***)
- EPA program ID
- 4322WTMRZT179FR
- EPA registry ID
- 110004572061
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Tremco IncToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 255 Phillipi Rd, Columbus, OH 43228
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (closed)
- EPA program ID
- 43228TRMCN255PH
- EPA registry ID
- 110001624083
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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White Electronic Designs Corp, Interface ElectroniToxics Release Inventory · Columbus
- Address
- 539 Industrial Mile Road, Columbus, OH 43228
- County
- Franklin County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 43228MRFND539IN
- EPA registry ID
- 110001225184
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (15)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-07-22 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2025-07-22
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2507EPA0001225
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-04-06 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2025-04-06
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2504EPA0000511
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)2024-12-13 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2024-12-13
- What spilled
- Fuel Gasoline ( 25% Ethanol Not E85)
- Largest amount reported
- 100 gallons
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2412EPA0002007
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)2023-07-14 · Columbus
- Reported
- 2023-07-14
- What spilled
- Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Where
- Columbus, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2307EPA0001172
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Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All) Reached water2023-06-13 · Columbus
- Reported
- 2023-06-13
- What spilled
- Fuel Jet / Kerosene (All)
- Largest amount reported
- 2,100 gallons
- Reached a waterway
- 21 - Dry Run
- Where
- Columbus, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2306EPA0000979
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2023-04-02 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2023-04-02
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 90 gallons
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2304EPA0000495
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon Reached water2023-02-09 · Columbus
- Reported
- 2023-02-09
- What spilled
- Sheen Rainbow / Hydrocarbon; Oil Petroleum Not Otherwise Specified (Nos)
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Columbus, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2302EPA0000199
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil2023-02-02 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2023-02-02
- What spilled
- Fuel Oil/ Home Heating / Heating Oil
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2302EPA0000159
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Ammonia (Nh3)2022-04-02 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2022-04-02
- What spilled
- Ammonia (Nh3)
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2204EPA0000459
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Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc Reached water2021-11-09 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2021-11-09
- What spilled
- Other / All Other / Trade Name / Mixture / Solution Etc
- Reached a waterway
- 99 - Unnamed
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2111EPA0001718
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-05-24 · Columbus
- Reported
- 2021-05-24
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 25 gallons
- Where
- Columbus, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2105EPA0000725
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2021-02-02 · Columbus
- Reported
- 2021-02-02
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Columbus, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2102EPA0000153
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2026-09-04 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2026-09-04
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Largest amount reported
- 25 gallons
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2609EPA0001662
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Transformer Non Pcb2026-07-18 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2026-07-18
- What spilled
- Oil Transformer Non Pcb
- Largest amount reported
- 80 gallons
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2607EPA0001316
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle2026-03-03 · Franklin Twp
- Reported
- 2026-03-03
- What spilled
- Oil Motor / Lube Oil / Vehicle
- Where
- Franklin Twp, Franklin County
- Ohio EPA district office
- CDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2603EPA0000285
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Franklin Township, Franklin County, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
Local government
Who holds office in Franklin Township, Franklin County, how its elections and ballot issues came out, and the state auditor's record.
Who holds office
| Office | Name | Party | Term ends | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FISCAL OFFICER () | Linzie Justus | |||
| TRUSTEE () | Mike Blevins | |||
| TRUSTEE () | Brenda A. Fuller | |||
| TRUSTEE () | John Fleshman |
Roster as of 8/17/2026: county board of elections.
Money issues on the ballot since 2024: 0 of 2 passed; of those asking for new or higher taxes, 0 of 2.
Ballot issues
| Date | Issue | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-06 | #17: #17 Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) Township of Franklin | 478 | 544 | Failed (46.77% for) |
| 2024-11-05 | #26: #26 Proposed Tax Levy (Additional) Township of Franklin | 2,866 | 3,120 | Failed (47.88% for) |
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-04 | Township Trustees | Brenda A. Fuller 944, 35.7%; Jim Leezer 628, 23.75%; John Fleshman 1,072, 40.54% |
| 2023-11-07 | FR For Township Trustee | Mike Blevins 1,826, 58.87%; Zachary Whitt 1,276, 41.13% |
| 2023-11-07 | FR For Township Fiscal Officer | Linzie Justus 2,042, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2017 to 2019, released 2025-12-30
The county
Franklin County: 45 ZIP codes, 42 cities, villages and townships, 1,356,733 people.
Nearby places
Quick answers
What county is Franklin Township, Ohio in?
Franklin Township, Franklin County is a township in Franklin County, Ohio, with 10,473 residents.
When was Franklin Township, Ohio founded?
Franklin Township, Franklin County was settled 1797; laid out 1797; incorporated 1803. Founders on record: Lucas Sullivant surveyed and platted Franklinton in 1797; the township was organized in 1803 as one of Franklin County's original four townships, the same year the county itself was formed. Source
How did Franklin Township, Ohio get its name?
Franklin Township takes its name from Franklin County, formed in 1803 and divided at once into four townships; the 1880 county history notes it 'is the only township in the county that bears its original name,' the other three having since been renamed or subdivided. Source
What ZIP code is Franklin Township, Ohio?
Franklin Township, Franklin County is served by ZIP codes 43223, 43228 and 43204; 43223 holds the largest share of its residents.
Where does Franklin Township, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Franklin Township, Franklin County (Columbus Public Water System): Scioto River intake at the plant on Dublin Rd, a few miles below Griggs Dam, opposite Marble Cliff.
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