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Franklin County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 6, 1818
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Russellville
- Largest city
- Russellville
- Total
- 647 sq mi (1,680 km )
- Land
- 634 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Water
- 13 sq mi (34 km ) 2.0%
- Estimate 2025
- 32,449
- Density
- 50.7/sq mi (19.6/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- www .franklincountyal .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Alabama
- Capital
- Russellville
- Population
- 32113
- Area
- 1674
- Shares border with
- Marion County
- Official website
- www.franklincountyal.org
- Image
- Franklin County Courthouse in Russelville, Alabama.jpg
- Households
- 11017
- Licence plate code
- 33
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- Commons category
- Franklin County, Alabama
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Alabama
- inception
- 1818-02-06
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin County, Alabama
- water as percent of area
- 2
- native label
- Franklin County
- per capita income
- 21503
- mean age
- 39.2
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32,113. Its county seat is Russellville. Its name is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, famous statesman, scientist, and printer. It is a dry county, although the city of Russellville is wet.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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