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Welcome to Franklin ...The city of Franklin is located in Franklin County<1> and is the County Seat for Franklin County. The location of Franklin has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Franklin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871. When the people of Franklin refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Franklinite<3> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Franklin has a population of 900 people<4> (see below for details). Franklin is 1,860 feet [567 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Franklin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Franklin lies within the (308) area code. Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Franklin had an population of 900 people. This is a decrease of 10% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 12.28% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Franklin had a population of 1,000 people (which is 30.83% of the total population of Franklin County). This makes Franklin the county's most populous community. The population of Franklin represents 0.05% of the population of Nebraska (which has 1,826,341 people), making it the state's 112nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,000 people, the population of Franklin decreased 2.53% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,026 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Franklin. Communities Also Named Franklin ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Nebraska communities named Franklin: This one is located in Franklin County and the other is located in Richardson County. Beyond Nebraska, there are 84 communities that are also named Franklin - they are located in Alabama (2), Arizona, Arkansas, California (4), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa (3), Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (3), Minnesota (2), Mississippi (2), Missouri, Montana (2), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey (4), New Mexico, New York, North Carolina (3), Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Ontario (3), Oregon, Pennsylvania (5), Quebec, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Vermont, Virginia (3), Washington, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin. Communities near Franklin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Franklin.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Franklin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Franklin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Franklin. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Franklin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Franklin. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Franklin. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Franklin ...Looking for more information about Franklin? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Franklin, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Franklin. Adding Franklin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Franklin in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Franklin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Franklin on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Nebraska (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Franklin. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Franklin. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Nebraska: https://www.nebraska.gov/ Footnotes ...
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