Editing Franklin, Georgia

{{Distinguish|Franklin County, Georgia}}
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'''Franklin''' is a city in [[Heard County, Georgia|Heard County]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], United States. The population was 950 in 2020. Franklin is the [[county seat]] of Heard County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31}}</ref> The city is named after [[Benjamin Franklin]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA131 |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |author=Gannett, Henry |year=1905 |pages=131}}</ref>

==History==
Franklin was settled in 1770, and was designated seat of the newly formed Heard County in 1831.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=REtEXQNWq6MC&pg=PA230 |title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States |publisher=Routledge |date=May 13, 2013 |access-date=November 30, 2013 |author=Hellmann, Paul T. |pages=230 |isbn=978-1135948597}}</ref> The town was hit by a [[Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021#Franklin–Newnan–Peachtree City, Georgia|tornado]] just before midnight on [[Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021|March 25, 2021]], with multiple areas in downtown being heavily damaged with the most severe damage being rated high-end&nbsp;EF2. The tornado later became violent and hit nearby [[Newnan, Georgia]] to the east at EF4&nbsp;strength, indirectly killing one person.<ref name="FFC">{{cite report|author=National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia|title=NWS Damage Survey for March 25-26, 2021 Tornado and Severe Weather Event Update #5|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSFFC&e=202103311751|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=March 31, 2021|access-date=March 31, 2021}}</ref><ref name="DAT">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://apps.dat.noaa.gov/StormDamage/DamageViewer/ |website=apps.dat.noaa.gov |access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Franklin is located in central Heard County at {{Coord|33.279788|-85.098403|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}},<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> along the [[Chattahoochee River]]. [[U.S. Route 27]] passes through the east side of the city on a bypass, leading north {{convert|23|mi}} to [[Carrollton, Georgia|Carrollton]] and south {{convert|19|mi}} to [[LaGrange, Georgia|LaGrange]]. [[Georgia State Route 34]] passes through the center of Franklin, leading northeast {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Newnan, Georgia|Newnan]] and southwest {{convert|12|mi}} to the [[Alabama]] border. [[Georgia State Route 100]] joins SR 34 for part of its path through Franklin, but leads northwest {{Convert|14|mi}} to [[Ephesus, Georgia|Ephesus]] and southeast 14 miles to [[Hogansville, Georgia|Hogansville]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Franklin has a total area of {{convert|9.0|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|8.7|km2|order=flip}} are land and {{convert|0.4|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 4.00%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Franklin city, Georgia |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1331292 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Demographics==
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{{US Census population
|1880= 269
|1890= 250
|1900= 218
|1910= 340
|1920= 317
|1930= 312
|1940= 390
|1950= 425
|1960= 603
|1970= 749
|1980= 711
|1990= 876
|2000= 902
|2010= 993
|2020= 950
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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|+Franklin racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US1331292&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-18|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
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|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
|625
|65.79%
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|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
|217
|22.84%
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|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
|3
|0.32%
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|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
|20
|2.11%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
|64
|6.74%
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|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|21
|2.21%
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As of the [[2020 United States census]], there were 950 people, 421 households, and 215 families residing in the city.

== Education ==

=== Heard County School District ===
The [[Heard County School District]] holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of three elementary schools, a middle school, and a high school.<ref>[http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/ReportingFW.aspx?PageReq=111&PID=62&PTID=69&CountyId=674&T=0&FY=2009 Georgia Board of Education] {{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}. Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref> The district has 132 full-time teachers and over 2,278 students.<ref>[http://www.school-stats.com/GA/HEARD/HEARD_COUNTY.html School Stats]. Retrieved June 19, 2010.</ref>

==Old Heard County Jail==
[[File:Heard County Jail (Franklin, Georgia).JPG|thumb|left|Old Heard County Jail in 2012]]
Pauly Jail Company of [[Alabama]] built the jail in 1912 for $7,500, using plans by Manly Jail Works of [[Dalton, Georgia|Dalton]], [[Georgia (U.S. State)|Georgia]]. It replaced an older jail built in 1880 that had become unfit. The jail housed up to 16 prisoners upstairs. The Heard County Sheriff (there were eight sheriffs from 1912 to 1964) and his family lived downstairs. In the 1930s, two prisoners cut the window bars and escaped. Death row prisoners were held here, but the jail's gallows were never used. In 1964, a new county jail opened on the Franklin Square and the old jail closed.

The jail was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Heard County, Georgia|National Register of Historic Places]] on January 27, 1981. In 1987 it was completely restored by the Heard County Historical Society. It now serves as a museum and historical center.
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==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Franklin, Georgia Court Square.JPG|Franklin Court Square
File:Franklin, Georgia City Hall.JPG|Franklin City Hall
File:Franklin, Georgia Post Office (30217).JPG|Franklin Post Office ([[ZIP code]]: 30217)
File:Heard County Comprehensive High School (Franklin, Georgia).JPG|Heard County Comprehensive High School
File:Heard County School System.JPG|Heard County School System
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/heard/franklin-baptist-church Franklin Baptist Church] historical marker
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/heard/franklin-methodist-church Franklin Methodist Church] historical marker
* [http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/topics/historical_markers/county/heard/heard-county-jail Heard County Jail] historical marker

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[[Category:Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Cities in Heard County, Georgia]]
[[Category:County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Georgia populated places on the Chattahoochee River]]