Franklin Township
Franklin Township is a civil township in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is on the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 6,280 residents
- Description: township in Portage County, Ohio
- Also known as: “Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio” and “Township of Franklin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kent State University Center for the Performing Arts and Brady Lake.
Kent State University Center for the Performing Arts
Arts center
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Kent State University Center for the Performing Arts is an arts center.
Brady Lake
Lake
Brady Lake is a natural lake in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is a kettle lake and has no natural tributaries or outlets. The lake is located Franklin Township, approximately one mile east of the Kent city limits with the unincorporated area of Brady Lake surrounding the lake.
Masonic Temple
Community center
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The Masonic Temple in Kent, Ohio is a historic building which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Built between 1880 and 1882 in the Italianate style, it was originally the home of Kent namesake Marvin Kent and his family. Masonic Temple is situated 2 miles southwest of Franklin Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kent and Streetsboro.
Kent
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Kent is a college town in Northeast Ohio. Kent, the home of Kent State University, is a quaint town with a very diverse community where northeast Ohio locals mix with students from across the state nation and globe.
Streetsboro
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Streetsboro is a city of 17,000 people in Portage County. Streetsboro was a stop on the Underground Railroad, and primarily a farming community until 1970.
Sugar Bush Knolls
Village
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Sugar Bush Knolls is a village in western Portage County, Ohio, United States. The population was 217 at the 2020 census. It was formed from portions of Streetsboro and Franklin townships in 1964.
Franklin Township
- Category: township of Ohio
- Location: Portage, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Franklin Township” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio”
- Basque: “Franklin udalerria, Portage konderria (Ohio)”
- Basque: “Franklin udalerria, Portage konderria”
- Chinese: “富蘭克林鎮區 (俄亥俄州波蒂奇縣)”
- Chinese: “富蘭克林鎮區”
- German: “Franklin Township”
- Persian: “بخش فرانکلین، شهرستان پورتاژ”
- Persian: “بخش فرانکلین”
- Portuguese: “Município de Franklin”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Franklin (condado de Portage, Ohio)”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Franklin”
- Turkish: “Franklin Township”
- Urdu: “دیستریک فرانکلین، کانتی پورتاژ، اوهایو”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Franklin, Quận Portage, Ohio”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Franklin”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lake Rockwell Dam and Oak Knolls Golf Course.
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