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Franklin County
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county in Georgia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Georgia
- Founded
- February 25, 1784 ; 242 years ago ( 1784 )
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Carnesville
- Largest city
- Lavonia
- Total
- 266 sq mi (690 km )
- Land
- 261 sq mi (680 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 1.15%
- Estimate 2025
- 25,948
- Density
- 89.7/sq mi (34.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .franklincountyga .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Georgia
- Capital
- Carnesville
- Population
- 23424
- Area
- 690
- Shares border with
- Banks County
- Official website
- www.franklin-county.com
- Image
- FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE.jpg
- Households
- 8425
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin County, Georgia
- Commons category
- Franklin County, Georgia
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Georgia
- inception
- 1784-02-25
- water as percent of area
- 1.15
- native label
- Franklin County
- per capita income
- 24338
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,424. The county seat is Carnesville. On February 25, 1784, Franklin and Washington became Georgia's eighth and ninth counties, with Franklin named in honor of patriot Benjamin Franklin.
In its original form, Franklin County included all of the territory now in Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Oconee, and Stephens counties, and parts of the modern-day Gwinnett, Hall, Hart, and Madison counties, as well as three counties that are now part of South Carolina. Franklin County has several miles of shoreline on Lake Hartwell.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.