Franklin
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independent city in Virginia, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Virginia
- County
- None ( Independent city )
- Incorporated town
- March 1876
- Mayor
- Paul Kaplan
- Vice mayor
- Wynndolyn H. Copeland
- Total
- 8.37 sq mi (21.67 km )
- Land
- 8.28 sq mi (21.44 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 39 ft (12 m)
- Estimate 2025
- 8,478
- Density
- 988/sq mi (382/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( EST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 ( EDT )
- Area codes
- 757, 948
- Fips code
- 51-29600
- Website
- franklinva .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- independent city in the United States
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Official name
- Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Virginia
- Population
- 8180
- Area
- 21.622714
- Elevation
- 12
- Body of water
- Blackwater River
- Shares border with
- Isle of Wight County
- Official website
- www.franklinva.com
- Image
- Franklin, Virginia.jpg
- Households
- 3516
- Dialing code
- 757
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- Commons category
- Franklin, Virginia
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin, Virginia
- postal code
- 23851
- inception
- 1876-03-00
- native label
- Franklin
- different from
- Franklin County
- P8168
- Zygmunt Berling
- water as percent of area
- 1.7104
- per capita income
- 25900
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin, Virginia
Sources (14)
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin is the southwesternmost independent city in Hampton Roads, Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,180. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Franklin with Southampton County for statistical purposes.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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