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Franklin County
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county in Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Winchester
- Largest city
- Winchester
- Total
- 576 sq mi (1,490 km )
- Land
- 555 sq mi (1,440 km )
- Water
- 21 sq mi (54 km ) 3.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 45,579
- Density
- 74/sq mi (29/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- franklincotn .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located on the eastern boundary of Middle Tennessee in the southern part of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,774. Its county seat is Winchester. Franklin County was formerly part of the Tullahoma-Manchester, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area, it was removed in 2023 and is part of the Winchester Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.