Franklin County, Missouri

Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 104,682.[1] The county seat is Union.[2] The county was founded in 1818 and is named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "QuickFacts: Franklin County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 131.
  4. ↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 166.
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