Editing Franklin, Franklin County, New York

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 |1           = • Clifford Smalley ([[United States Democratic Party|D]])
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'''Franklin''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] located in [[Franklin County, New York|Franklin County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,140.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3603327243| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Franklin town, Franklin County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdate=June 13, 2016| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213133548/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/0600000US3603327243| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

The town is in the southeastern part of the county, in the [[Adirondack Mountains|Adirondack Region]] of New York.

== History ==
The first settlement in the town was Franklin Falls (1827). This community burned in 1852.

The town of Franklin was founded in 1836 from part of the town of [[Bellmont, New York|Bellmont]]. The town was used to relocate former slaves, in part the work of [[Gerrit Smith]], an [[abolitionist]], and in part the result of [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veterans inviting freed slaves to return home with them.

The [[Loon Lake Mountain Fire Observation Station]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2008.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

==Geography==
Franklin is the third-largest town in Franklin County. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|453.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|439.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|14.0|km2|order=flip}}, or 3.08%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> The [[Saranac River]], a tributary of [[Lake Champlain]], flows through the southeastern corner of the town.

Franklin is in the [[Adirondack Park]]. The eastern town line is the border of [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton County]], and the southern town boundary is the border of [[Essex County, New York|Essex County]].

[[New York State Route 3]] runs diagonally from southwest to northeast across Franklin. [[Saranac Lake, New York|Saranac Lake]] is {{convert|15|mi}} to the southwest, and [[Plattsburgh (city), New York|Plattsburgh]] is {{Convert|34|mi}} to the northeast. [[Malone, New York|Malone]], the Franklin County seat, is {{convert|34|mi}} to the northwest via County Road 26 and NY Route 30.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 192
|1850= 724
|1860= 1105
|1870= 1195
|1880= 1184
|1890= 1345
|1900= 1501
|1910= 1447
|1920= 1280
|1930= 1242
|1940= 1002
|1950= 872
|1960= 695
|1970= 550
|1980= 926
|1990= 1016
|2000= 1197
|2010= 1140
|estyear=2016
|estimate=1136
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,197 people, 473 households, and 324 families residing in the town.  The population density was {{convert|7.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 982 housing units at an average density of {{convert|5.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the town was 97.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.50% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.34% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.08% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.42% of the population.

There were 473 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 26.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.9 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $40,598, and the median income for a family was $46,250. Males had a median income of $32,000 versus $23,472 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $17,955.  About 5.0% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

== Communities and locations in Franklin ==
*'''Alder Brook''' &ndash; A hamlet in the eastern part of the town, southeast of Sugarbush.
*'''Franklin Falls''' &ndash; A hamlet in the southeastern corner of the town on County Road 48, previously known as "McLenathan Falls."
*'''Forestdale''' &ndash; A hamlet in the southeastern corner of the town, east of Franklin Falls.
*'''[[Goldsmith, New York|Goldsmith]]''' &ndash; A hamlet in the eastern part of the town, located north of Sugarbush.
*'''Hunters Home''' &ndash; A former location in the town in its northeastern corner.
*'''Lake Kushaqua''' &ndash; A small lake near the state campground at Buck Pond.
*'''Loon Lake''' &ndash; A [[lake]] in the central part of the town by County Road 26.
*'''[[Loon Lake, New York|Loon Lake]]''' &ndash; A [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] on the eastern side of Loon Lake, located on County Road 26.
*'''Merrillsville''' &ndash; A hamlet near the center of the Town of Franklin, southeast of Loon Lake on County Road 26.  The [[Merrillsville Cure Cottage]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1995.<ref name="nris"/>
*'''Molasses Corners''' &ndash; A location on the northern side of Loon Lake on County Road 26.
*'''Onchiota''' &ndash; A hamlet in the southwestern part of the town on County Road 60.
*'''[[Rainbow Lake, New York|Rainbow Lake]]''' &ndash; A lake and hamlet partly in the western side of the town.
*'''Sugarbush''' &ndash; A hamlet on NY-3 near the eastern town line.
*'''Two Brooks''' &ndash; A hamlet near the eastern town line, north of Sugarbush.
*'''Union Falls''' &ndash; A hamlet at the eastern town line, mostly in Clinton County.
*'''Union Falls Pond''' &ndash; A lake north of Franklin Falls in the southeastern part of the town.
*'''[[Vermontville, New York|Vermontville]]''' &ndash; A hamlet and seat of the town government.  It is located near the southern town boundary on NY-3. It was named for the many settlers who had migrated from [[Vermont]].
*'''White Fathers''' &ndash; A location southwest of Loon Lake, on Lake Kushaqua, now a [[ghost town]]. The name derives from the White Fathers of Africa, a Catholic missionary group. They bought the Stony Wold Sanitarium and in the late 1950s or early 1960s adapted it for use as a seminary to train priests.  The Seminary was operated until the early 1970s, as was Camp Lavigerie during the summers.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.townoffranklin.com  Town of Franklin official website]
* [https://archive.today/20120712233806/http://history.rays-place.com/ny/franklin-ny.htm  Early Town of Franklin history]

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[[Category:Towns in Franklin County, New York]]
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