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Franklin, Massachusetts

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The city of Franklin is located in Norfolk County.

Franklin was settled in 1660.

The community of Franklin is 70 feet [21.34 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Franklin lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.

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At the time of the 2000 Census, Franklin had a population of 29,560 people<3> (or 4.54% of the total population of Norfolk County). The population of Franklin represented 0.47% of the total of Massachusetts, making it the state's 54th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Franklin had a population of 32,148 people. This is an increase of 8.76% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Franklin.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200832,148+8.76%+0.91% since 2007
200731,859+7.78%+0.69% since 2006
200631,642+7.04%+2.09% since 2005
200530,993+4.85% 
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200029,560The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Attleboro   SE12 mi [19.31 km]42,8331.82% increase
 Framingham   N14 mi [22.53 km]64,8853.03% decrease
 Marlborough   N19 mi [30.58 km]37,9324.63% increase
 Natick   N14 mi [22.53 km]31,8800.9% decrease
 Cumberland (RI)   S8 mi [12.87 km]34,2097.44% increase
 East Providence (RI)   S19 mi [30.58 km]48,4800.43% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Franklin.

Website for Franklin

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Franklin or Norfolk County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.franklin.ma.us/
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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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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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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Franklin? Please visit the Map Page for Franklin.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Franklin - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Franklin, please let us know so that we can make corrections.

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<3>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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<4>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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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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