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Franklin County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- September 9, 1784
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Chambersburg
- Largest borough
- Chambersburg
- Total
- 773 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Land
- 772 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.08%
- Estimate 2025
- 160,652
- Density
- 206/sq mi (80/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 13th
- Website
- www .franklincountypa .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Contains
- Waynesboro
- Capital
- Chambersburg
- Population
- 155932
- Area
- 2001
- Shares border with
- Huntingdon County
- Official website
- www.co.franklin.pa.us
- Image
- Franklin County Courthouse at Night.png
- Households
- 61617
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- Commons category
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1784-09-09
- water as percent of area
- 0.08
- native label
- Franklin County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- per capita income
- 31887
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 155,932. Its county seat is Chambersburg.
Franklin County comprises the Chambersburg–Waynesboro, PA metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. The county is part of the South Central region of the commonwealth.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.