Franklin County
Also known as Franklin County, North Carolina, Franklin County, NC
county in North Carolina, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- North Carolina
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Louisburg
- Largest community
- Louisburg
- Total
- 494.57 sq mi (1,280.9 km )
- Land
- 491.80 sq mi (1,273.8 km )
- Water
- 2.77 sq mi (7.2 km ) 0.56%
- Estimate 2025
- 82,037
- Density
- 139.43/sq mi (53.835/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
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Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 68,573. Its county seat is Louisburg. Franklin County is included in the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 2,368,947 in 2023.
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