Editing Franklin County, Texas (section)

==History==
Franklin County was erected and established in 1875, four decades after the independence of Texas, from land ceded by neighboring [[Titus County]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlxFHFdF3_gC&q=Arp%2C+Texas&pg=PT673 | title=Texas Almanac 2012–2013 | publisher=Texas A&M University Press | date=November 8, 2011 | access-date=November 17, 2013 | author=Alvarez, Elizabeth Cruce | pages=Contents| isbn=9780876112571 }}</ref> Although the origin of the county's name is not recorded, it is generally believed to have been named after Judge [[Benjamin Cromwell Franklin|Benjamin C. Franklin]], the first appointed justice in the [[Republic of Texas]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n120 131]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffr02|title=FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN CROMWELL|first=KEMP, L.|last=W.|date=June 12, 2010|website=Tshaonline.org|access-date=December 11, 2017}}</ref>

There are two historic properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Texas|National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County]].

Franklin County was one of the last 30 prohibition,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/local_option_elections/index.asp |title=TABC Local Option Elections General Information |access-date=May 3, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516154641/http://www.tabc.state.tx.us/local_option_elections/index.asp |archive-date=May 16, 2014 }}</ref> or entirely [[Dry county|dry]], counties in the state of Texas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comvtx.com/users/0001/docs/beer%20and%20wine%20ordinance.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610225938/http://www.comvtx.com/users/0001/docs/beer%20and%20wine%20ordinance.pdf |archive-date=June 10, 2015 }}</ref> Citizens of its [[county seat]], [[Mount Vernon, Texas|Mount Vernon]], voted to allow beer and wine sales, both on and off premises in May 2013.<ref name="GR6" />