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Franklin County
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county in Vermont, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Vermont
- Founded
- December 1, 1796
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Shire town
- St. Albans
- Largest city
- St. Albans
- Total
- 692 sq mi (1,790 km )
- Land
- 634 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Water
- 58 sq mi (150 km ) 8.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 51,177
- Density
- 78.8/sq mi (30.4/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- At-large
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Vermont
- Contains
- Berkshire
- Capital
- St. Albans
- Population
- 49946
- Area
- 1792
- Elevation
- 218
- Shares border with
- Grand Isle County
- Image
- StATownHall.JPG
- Households
- 19045
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- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Vermont
- Commons category
- Franklin County, Vermont
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Franklin County, Vermont
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin County, Vermont
- inception
- 1792-11-05
- water as percent of area
- 8.4
- native label
- Franklin County
- per capita income
- 31305
- P12749
- Q145630
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,946. Its county seat is the city of St. Albans. It borders the Canadian province of Quebec. The county was created in 1792 and organized in 1796. Franklin County is part of the Burlington metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.