Franklin Township
Township
The McCormack-Bowman House, a historic site in the township's northeastern corner
Location in Hendricks County
Coordinates: 39°38′36″N 86°37′22″W / 39.64333°N 86.62278°W / 39.64333; -86.62278
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Hendricks
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	26.48 sq mi (68.57 km2)
• Land	26.43 sq mi (68.47 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)  0.16%
Elevation	787 ft (240 m)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	1,269
• Density	49.1/sq mi (18.9/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453304

Franklin Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,297.^[2]

McCormack-Bowman House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[3]

Franklin Township covers an area of 26.48 square miles (68.6 km²); of this, 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) or 0.16 percent is water. The streams of Crittenden Creek and East Fork Mill Creek run through this township.

• Stilesville

• Clay Township (north)
• Liberty Township (east)
• Monroe Township, Morgan County (east)
• Adams Township, Morgan County (south)
• Jefferson Township, Putnam County (southwest)
• Marion Township, Putnam County (west)

The township contains five cemeteries: Hebron Presbyterian, Pleasant Hill, Snoddy Family, Stilesville and Walnut Grove.

• U.S. Route 40
• State Road 75

• Vaughn Airport

• "Franklin Township, Hendricks County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files