Franklin
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city in Massachusetts, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Massachusetts
- County
- Norfolk
- Type
- Council-manager
- Town administrator
- Jamie Hellen
- Total
- 27.03 sq mi (70.00 km )
- Land
- 26.64 sq mi (68.99 km )
- Water
- 0.39 sq mi (1.01 km )
- Elevation
- 299 ft (91 m)
- Density
- 1,248.6/sq mi (482.08/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Zip code
- 02038
- Area code
- 508 / 774
- Fips code
- 25-25100
- Gnis feature id
- 0611686
- Website
- www .franklinma .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Franklin
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Norfolk County
- Population
- 31635
- Area
- 70.000000
- Elevation
- 91
- Official website
- franklinma.virtualtownhall.net
- Households
- 12414
- Dialing code
- 413
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- Commons category
- Franklin, Massachusetts
- postal code
- 02038
- inception
- 1660-00-00
- different from
- Franklin County
- P8168
- Marie-Laure Brunet
- per capita income
- 54319
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Franklin, Massachusetts
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Town of Franklin is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Franklin is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names. As of 2022, the city's population was 36,745, with a growth rate of 15.38% since 2015. It is home to the country's first public library, the Franklin Public Library with its first books donated by Benjamin Franklin in 1790. It also contains the largest Catholic parish in the Boston Archdiocese, St. Mary's Catholic church, with some 15,000 members.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Franklin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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