title: Franklin Township, Montgomery County, Indiana
text: # Franklin Township, Montgomery County, Indiana
  
  Franklin Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,915 and it contained 801 housing units.
  
  Franklin Township was established in 1831.
  
  ## History
  
  Darlington Covered Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 38.93 square miles (100.8 $km^2),$ all land.
  
  ### Cities, towns, villages
  
  * Darlington
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Darlington Woods at 40°07′11″N 86°48′19″W﻿ / ﻿40.119762°N 86.805284°W﻿ / 40.119762; -86.805284
  * Shannondale at 40°03′17″N 86°41′44″W﻿ / ﻿40.0547637°N 86.6955609°W﻿ / 40.0547637; -86.6955609
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains Greenlawn Cemetery.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Interstate 74
  * Indiana State Road 32
  
  ## School districts
  
  * North Montgomery Community School Corporation
  
  ## Political districts
  
  * Indiana's 4th congressional district
  * State House District 28
  * State Senate District 23
  