Franklin Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,297.
McCormack-Bowman House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Franklin Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.16 percent is water. The streams of Crittenden Creek and East Fork Mill Creek run through this township.
The township contains five cemeteries: Hebron Presbyterian, Pleasant Hill, Snoddy Family, Stilesville and Walnut Grove.