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Franklin County
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county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- December 19, 1837
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Ozark (northern district);, Charleston (southern district)
- Largest city
- Ozark
- Total
- 620 sq mi (1,600 km )
- Land
- 609 sq mi (1,580 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,725
- Density
- 28.1/sq mi (10.8/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 4th
- Website
- https://www.arcounties.org/counties/franklin/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Arkansas
- Contains
- Ozark
- Capital
- Charleston
- Population
- 17097
- Area
- 1605
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Crawford County
- Official website
- www.franklincountyar.org
- Image
- Franklin County Courthouse, Charleston, AR.jpg
- Households
- 6671
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- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Franklin County
- topic has template
- Template:Franklin County, Arkansas
- Commons category
- Franklin County, Arkansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin County, Arkansas
- inception
- 1837-12-19
- different from
- Franklin County
- per capita income
- 20639
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin County is a county in Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,097. The county has two county seats, Charleston and Ozark. The county was formed on December 19, 1837, and named for Benjamin Franklin, American statesman. Franklin County is a damp county, with alcohol sales allowed except in Alix township, and limits on liquor sales in the city of Branch.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.