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The city of Franklin is located in Williamson County and is the county seat.
Franklin is 200 feet [60.96 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Franklin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Franklin can be found in:
At the time of the 2000 Census, Franklin had a population of 41,842 people<3> (or 32.67% of the total population of Williamson County). The population of Franklin represented 0.74% of the total of Tennessee, making it the state's 10th most populous community.
From the Census Estimates for 2008, Franklin had a population of 58,481 people. This is an increase of 39.77% 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.
| Year | Population | Change
Since 2000 | Year-to-Year Change |
| 2008 | 58,481 | +39.77% | +2.22% since 2007 |
| 2007 | 57,210 | +36.73% | +3.26% since 2006 |
| 2006 | 55,403 | +32.41% | +4.02% since 2005 |
| 2005 | 53,260 | +27.29% | |
| --- | | | | 2000 | 41,842 | The Last Census |
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Franklin.
Website for Franklin
| Official Website: | www.franklin-gov.com/ |
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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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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Franklin - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <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. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Franklin. - Return to Citation |
| <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. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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