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Franklin County
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county in Iowa, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Iowa
- Founded
- January 15, 1851 (created), March 3, 1856(organized)
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Hampton
- Largest city
- Hampton
- Total
- 583 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Land
- 582 sq mi (1,510 km )
- Water
- 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km ) 0.09%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,868
- Density
- 17.2/sq mi (6.65/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .franklincountyia .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Iowa
- Contains
- Bradford
- Capital
- Hampton
- Population
- 10019
- Area
- 1510
- Shares border with
- Hamilton County
- Official website
- co.franklin.ia.us
- Image
- Franklin County G.A.R. Soldiers' Memorial Hall, Hampton, Iowa.JPG
- Households
- 4195
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- water as percent of area
- 0.09
- native label
- Franklin County
- Commons category
- Franklin County, Iowa
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Iowa
- inception
- 1851-00-00
- per capita income
- 28650
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,019. The county seat is Hampton. The county was formed on January 15, 1851 and named after Benjamin Franklin.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.