Editing Franklin, Idaho (section)

==History==
The town was founded by [[Mormon]] pioneers led by Thomas S. Smart on April 14, 1860, in what was then [[Washington Territory]], although at the time it was believed the settlement was within the bounds of [[Utah Territory]]. The town was named for [[Franklin D. Richards (Mormon apostle)|Franklin Richards]], an [[Apostle (Latter Day Saints)|Apostle]] for [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine, Volumes 9-10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7M3AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA128|year=1918|page=128}}</ref> Franklin is the first permanent European settlement in present-day Idaho. Its political status remained ambiguous until an 1872 survey determined the townsite was in [[Idaho Territory]] about {{convert|1|mi|km|adj=on}} north of the Utah Territory border.<ref>{{cite web|author=Eldon T. Bennett |url=http://franklinidaho.org/History2.htm |title=An Early History of Franklin |publisher=Franklinidaho.org |date=November 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722000345/http://franklinidaho.org/History2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-22}}</ref> The area within the town limits was platted into square blocks in 1864.<ref>[https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/45563555 William Fleuitt - History] accessed 3 January 2018</ref>

Part of the 2004 comedy film ''[[Napoleon Dynamite]]'' were shot near Franklin. The chicken farm scenes were filmed on Ritewood Egg Farms property, and the supervisor's character is loosely based on Marlow Woodward, a late Franklin resident and one of the farm's founders.<ref>[http://www.uepcertified.com/meet-the-farmers/west/farmer/oakdell-utah United Egg Producers article] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914080253/http://www.uepcertified.com/meet-the-farmers/west/farmer/oakdell-utah |date=2009-09-14 }}, accessed 27 September 2009.</ref>

[[File:Welcome to Franklin, Idaho.jpg|left|thumb|Welcome sign near Franklin]]