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Franklin, Indiana

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The largest community within a 50 mile [80 km] radius is Indianapolis. It is located about 20 miles [32 km] to the north of Franklin and has a population of 781,870 people.<1>

The next largest community is Bloomington. It is located about 33 miles [53 km] to the southwest of Franklin and has a population of 69,291 people.

Other large communities in the area:

 Community DirectionDistance<2>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Anderson   NE45 mi [72.4 km]57,2824.1% decrease
 Beech Grove   N15 mi [24.14 km]14,3163.79% decrease
 Brownsburg   NW29 mi [46.67 km]19,99437.7% increase
 Carmel   N33 mi [53.1 km]66,76976.95% increase
 Columbus   S20 mi [32.19 km]40,0012.41% increase
 Connersville   E49 mi [78.9 km]13,9319.6% decrease
 Fishers   N32 mi [51.5 km]69,01182.4% increase
 Greenfield   NE25 mi [40.23 km]18,78728.68% increase
 Greenwood   N8 mi [12.87 km]47,72032.42% increase
 Lawrence   N25 mi [40.23 km]43,24711.13% increase
 New Castle   NE46 mi [74 km]18,3393.14% increase
 Noblesville   N37 mi [59.5 km]42,15547.45% increase
 Plainfield   NW21 mi [33.8 km]27,83251.29% increase
 Seymour   S38 mi [61.2 km]19,2236.2% increase
 Shelbyville   E15 mi [24.14 km]18,5163.15% increase

Below is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bargersville   W5 mi [8.05 km]2,69827.26% increase
 Camp Atterbury   S14 mi [22.53 km]2004,900% increase
 Candleglo Village   E14 mi [22.53 km]---
 Charlesmac Village   N13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Clover Village   NE13 mi [20.92 km]---
 Edinburgh   SE11 mi [17.7 km]4,6773.82% increase
 Fairland   NE12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Homecroft   N12 mi [19.31 km]7421.2% decrease
 Morgantown   SW13 mi [20.92 km]9610.31% decrease
 New Whiteland   NW5 mi [8.05 km]5,80926.86% increase
 Pleasant View Village   S11 mi [17.7 km]---
 Princes Lakes   S10 mi [16.09 km]1,6127.04% increase
 Southport   N11 mi [17.7 km]1,7575.13% decrease
 Trafalgar   SW7 mi [11.27 km]1,12540.98% increase
 Whiteland   N4 mi [6.44 km]4,46412.78% increase

Johnson County

Franklin is located in Johnson County and is the county seat.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Johnson: Bartholomew, Brown, Marion, Morgan and Shelby.

While not sharing a border with Johnson, the following counties are close to Franklin: Hancock, Hendricks and Decatur.

Below are counties that are near Franklin (within 40 mi [64.4 km]). For each of these counties, we also show the community that is closest to Franklin:

 CountyDirectionNearest CommunityDistance From
Franklin
 Bartholomew County   SECuba11 miles [17 km]
 Boone County   NFox Hollow32 miles [51 km]
 Brown County   SWPeoga11 miles [17 km]
 Decatur County   EGermantown23 miles [37 km]
 Hamilton County   NCedar Cove29 miles [46 km]
 Hancock County   NEBrookville Heights17 miles [27 km]
 Hendricks County   NWFriendswood18 miles [28 km]
 Henry County   NEKnightstown34 miles [54 km]
 Jackson County   SLittle Acre32 miles [51 km]
 Jennings County   SETannersville32 miles [51 km]



Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Franklin. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Footnotes

<1>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Franklin.

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<2>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Franklin and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<3>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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