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Franklin Parish
Sign in to saveAlso known as Franklin Parish, Louisiana, Franklin Parish, LA
parish in Louisiana, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Louisiana
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Seat
- Winnsboro
- Largest city
- Winnsboro
- Total
- 635 sq mi (1,640 km )
- Land
- 625 sq mi (1,620 km )
- Water
- 11 sq mi (28 km ) 1.7%
- Estimate 2025
- 19,002
- Density
- 31/sq mi (12/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Benjamin Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Louisiana
- Capital
- Winnsboro
- Population
- 19774
- Area
- 1646
- Shares border with
- Caldwell Parish
- Image
- Franklin Parish Courthouse in Winnsboro, LA.jpg
- Households
- 7503
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- water as percent of area
- 1.7
- native label
- Franklin Parish
- Commons category
- Franklin Parish, Louisiana
- topic's main category
- Category:Franklin Parish, Louisiana
- inception
- 1843-00-00
- per capita income
- 21370
- different from
- Franklin County
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin Parish, Louisiana
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Encyclopedic overview
Franklin Parish Veterans Memorial sign in Winnsboro, Louisiana Franklin Parish Library in downtown Winnsboro historic district
Franklin Parish (French: Paroisse de Franklin, Spanish: Parroquia de Franklin) is a parish located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020, its population was 19,774. The parish seat and the most populous municipality is Winnsboro. The parish was founded in 1843 and named for Benjamin Franklin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin Parish” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.