Franklin County

Also known as Franklin County, Massachusetts, Franklin County, MA

county in Massachusetts, United States

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Within Vinony's link graph, Franklin County is referenced by 1,242 other articles, and connects out to Massachusetts, race and ethnicity in the United States Census and African Americans.

The entry is geolocated on the map in MA, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under 1811 establishments in Massachusetts, 1997 disestablishments in Massachusetts and Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Its subject is documented across 51 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Massachusetts
Named after: Benjamin Franklin
Seat: Greenfield
Largest city: Greenfield
Total: 725 sq mi (1,880 km )
Land: 699 sq mi (1,810 km )
Water: 25 sq mi (65 km ) 3.5%
Estimate 2025: 70,698
Density: 102/sq mi (39.2/km )
Time zone: UTC−5 ( Eastern )
Summer dst: UTC−4 ( EDT )
Congressional districts: 1st , 2nd

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Wikidata facts

Population: 71029
Area: 1877
Official website: frcog.org
Image: Franklin County Courthouse Greenfield.JPG
Households: 30790

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Commons category: Franklin County, Massachusetts
inception: 1811-06-24
water as percent of area: 3.5
native label: Franklin County
per capita income: 35919

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Encyclopedic overview

Franklin County is a nongovernmental county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 71,029, which made it the least populous county on the Massachusetts mainland, and the third least populous county in the state. Its traditional county seat and most populous city is Greenfield. Its largest town by area is New Salem. Franklin County comprises the Greenfield Town, MA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Springfield–Greenfield Town, MA Combined Statistical Area.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.