Welcome to Franklin ...The city of Franklin is located in Milwaukee County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Franklin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848. When the people of Franklin refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Franklinite<2> From the Census Estimates for 2019, Franklin has a population of 35,864 people<3> (see below for details). Franklin is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Franklin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Franklin: 414 The ZIP code for Franklin: 53132<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Franklin had an population of 35,864 people. This is an increase of 1.16% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 21.6% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Franklin had a population of 35,451 people. This makes Franklin the county's 5th most populous community. The population of Franklin represents 0.62% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 22nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 35,451 people, the population of Franklin increased 20.2% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 29,494 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Franklin. Communities Also Named Franklin ...While we believe that this Franklin is located in Milwaukee County, we know of another 2 Wisconsin communities named Franklin. Those communities are located in the following counties: Jackson and Sheboygan County. Beyond Wisconsin, 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), Nebraska (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 and West Virginia (3). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Franklin. Websites for Franklin ...Official Website: www.ci.franklin.wi.us/ 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. 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. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Franklin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 (so far) for Franklin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Franklin. Footnotes ...
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