See also: History of Kent, Ohio Standing Rock, located in the Cuyahoga River in what is now northern Kent, was an important landmark for Native American tribes in the area. Today Franklin Township is a mostly rural area largely associated with the neighboring city of Kent as the two share a common history, public school district, ZIP code, and fire department. It was first settled in 1805 by John Haymaker and its government structure, which consists of three township trustees, was established in 1815. The township was named by Aaron Olmsted after his son Aaron Franklin Olmsted. It was one of the first civil townships organized in the Western Reserve and initially covered a large area. The township is part of the Akron Metropolitan Statistical Area and the larger Cleveland–Akron–Canton Combined Statistical Area.įranklin Township was originally surveyed as Town 3 Range 9 as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve and was purchased by Aaron Olmsted in 1798. The 2010 Census found 5,527 people in the township and the 2020 census recorded 6,283 people. It is on the Cuyahoga River in Northeast Ohio on the western edge of the county. Franklin Township is a civil township in Portage County, Ohio, United States.

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