The Township Hall is located at the hamlet of Zone.

Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships: No municipalities are located in Franklin Township.

Michigan once considered the northern part of Ohio, a difference of about eight miles known as the Toledo Strip, as its own.

[5][6] 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.

Students from the township are served by the following public local school districts:[8] Mail is delivered in the township by the following U.S. Post Office locations:[9] Most of the township lies within the Fayette telephone exchange, which is served by Frontier North, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes:[10] A smaller eastern portion of the township is within the Wauseon telephone exchange, which is served by UTO (United Telephone Company of Ohio,) doing business as CenturyLink, with telephone numbers using the following Numbering Plan Codes: Toledo Edison and Midwest Energy Cooperative serves the township with electricity.