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Plain Township is one of the seventeen townships of Franklin County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 12,761.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 9,829 to 12,761 (+30%). Half of its homes were built before 2003.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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