Franklin, Ohio
Franklin, Ohio Official seal of Franklin, Ohio Location of Franklin, Ohio Location of Franklin, Ohio Location of Franklin in Warren County Location of Franklin in Warren County Franklin is a town/city in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
The Great Miami River flows through Franklin.
Ohio State Routes 73, 123 and 741 pass through Franklin, while Interstate 75 passes on the east side of the city.
Franklin's Lion Bridge, spanning the Great Miami River and connecting the sections of Franklin on either side of the river (view east).
Franklin was established by General William C.
Schenck, in 1796. The settlement was titled for Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin was incorporated in 1814, and became a town/city in 1951.
One of the first four postal services in Warren County was established Franklin in 1805.
The Franklin Post Office still stands (in a different location), and is one of four sites in Franklin listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the Mackinaw Historic District.
The canal followed the Great Miami River through Franklin, and the boat traffic led to new commerce.
Franklin's first mayor, Dr.
In its history, two doctors in Franklin have been titled "Dr.
By the 1850s, the Franklin region was noted for breeding racehorses.
A barns was instead of with a depot in Franklin in 1872.
The town continued to prosper, and by 1890, five paparmaking mills were positioned in Franklin.
The town's economy suffered a setback in 1896, when Franklin's only bank crashed.
The town marshal of Franklin, George Basore, was shot and killed in 1906 while attempting to arrest an black man, George White.
When White was arrested, a crowd of 300 gathered outside the Franklin jail intent on lynching him.
The New York Times reported: "The whole town of Franklin is wrought up over the affair.
In 1907, Franklin's fire chief, B.H.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.34 square miles (24.19 km2), of which 9.17 square miles (23.75 km2) is territory and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) is water. The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.2% White, 0.9% African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.4% from other competitions, and 1.7% from two or more competitions.
There were 4,667 homeholds of which 35.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.9% were married couples living together, 15.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 6.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 32.2% were non-families.
25.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.2% were from 25 to 44; 26.3% were from 45 to 64; and 12.5% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.51% White, 0.82% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.32% from other competitions and 0.82% from two or more competitions.
There are 4,553 homeholds out of which 33.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families.
In the town/city the populace was spread out with 26.6% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 8.2% of families and 10.1% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.3% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.
Old Franklin Post Office Schools of the Franklin City School District positioned in Franklin: Schenck Elementary (named after General William Schenck, founder of Franklin) Franklin Junior High School.
Franklin High School.
Schenck, first post master of the Miami River Valley and early plotter of Warren County.
William Cortenus Schenck, American army general in the War of 1812, pioneer surveyor of the Northwest Territory, and founder of Franklin; father of James and Robert United States Enumeration Bureau.
The Franklin Chronicle, August 1971 "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population of Civil Divisions Less than Counties" (PDF).
Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census.
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Population: Ohio" (PDF).
"Number of Inhabitants: Ohio" (PDF).
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Ohio: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012".
The Centennial Atlas of Warren County, Ohio.
Franklin in the Great Miami Valley.
Franklin, Ohio: Franklin Area Historical Society, 1982.
The History of Warren County, Ohio.
Franklin City Schools Franklin Area Historical Society Municipalities and communities of Warren County, Ohio, United States Franklin Lebanon Loveland Mason Middletown Monroe Springboro This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Cities in Warren County, Ohio - Populated places established in 1796
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