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Franklin County
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county in Missouri, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Missouri
- Founded
- December 11, 1818
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Union
- Largest city
- Washington
- Total
- 931 sq mi (2,410 km )
- Land
- 923 sq mi (2,390 km )
- Water
- 8.0 sq mi (21 km ) 0.9%
- Estimate 2025
- 108,090
- Density
- 110/sq mi (42/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- www .franklinmo .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 104682
- Area
- 2410
- Official website
- www.franklinmo.org
- Image
- Franklin County MO Courthouse 20140920 pano1.jpg
- Households
- 41127
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- Commons category
- Franklin County, Missouri
- inception
- 1818-12-11
- water as percent of area
- 0.9
- native label
- Franklin County
- per capita income
- 31133
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Franklin County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 104,682. Its county seat is Union. The county was organized in 1818 and is named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's exurbs. It is located along the south side of the Missouri River. The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA (American Viticultural Area) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland, which extends on both sides of the Missouri River.
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