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Franklin County
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county in Indiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- Founded
- February 1, 1811 (authorized)
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Brookville
- Largest town
- Brookville (entirely within county), Batesville (partial)
- Total
- 391.05 sq mi (1,012.8 km )
- Land
- 384.43 sq mi (995.7 km )
- Water
- 6.62 sq mi (17.1 km ) 1.69%
- Estimate 2025
- 23,286
- Density
- 59.1/sq mi (22.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 6th
- Website
- www .franklincountyin .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Cincinnati metropolitan area
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Indiana
- Contains
- Brookville
- Capital
- Brookville
- Population
- 22785
- Area
- 1014
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Rush County
- Official website
- www.franklincountyin.com
- Image
- Franklin County Courthouse in Brookville.jpg
- Households
- 8867
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- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Indiana
- Commons category
- Franklin County, Indiana
- inception
- 1811-00-00
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin County, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 1.69
- native label
- Franklin County
- per capita income
- 32095
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Indiana. In the 2020 United States census, the county population was 22,785. The county seat is the town of Brookville. Franklin County is part of the Cincinnati, OH–KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The only incorporated city in Franklin County is Batesville, which lies mostly in adjoining Ripley County.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.