THE FRANKLIN LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Unglaciated Upper Muskingum Basin setting.
Franklin township has 23 square miles of land in Tuscarawas County. Its Census reference point is in Unglaciated Upper Muskingum Basin, within Western Allegheny Plateau.
Rounded wooded hills and intervening valleys form an unglaciated plateau landscape. Valley floors contain much of the region's open land, contrasting with its more forested slopes.
Regional context: Western Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Franklin and Tuscarawas County
Franklin is associated with Tuscarawas County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Franklin by land and water
The Census records 0.3 square miles of water within Franklin, or 1.3% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points higher than the 0.7% recorded for Tuscarawas County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Franklin township has 16 times the land area of nearby Strasburg village (1.44 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

