Editing Franklin, Idaho

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Franklin, Idaho
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = Franklin, Idaho.jpg
| image_caption      = Street Scene in Franklin
| motto              = 
| image_map          = File:Franklin County Idaho Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Franklin Highlighted 1628810.svg
| map_caption        = Location of Franklin in Franklin County, Idaho
<!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Idaho]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Idaho|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Franklin County, Idaho|Franklin]]
<!-- Government -->
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1860
| government_type    = 
| government_footnotes = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = 
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| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2019">{{cite web|title=2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_16.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 9, 2020}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 3.44
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.33
| area_land_km2      = 3.37
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.30
| area_water_km2     = 0.07
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.03
| area_water_percent = 
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| population_total   = 1025
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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| population_est     = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| population_density_km2 = 247.60
| population_density_sq_mi = 641.32
| population_note    = 
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| timezone           = [[Mountain Time Zone|Mountain (MST)]]
| utc_offset         = -7
| timezone_DST       = [[Mountain Time Zone|MDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = -6
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 4505
| coordinates        = {{coord|42|00|22|N|111|48|17|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 83237
| area_code          = [[Area code 208|208]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 16-28810
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2410539<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410539}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://franklinidaho.org/}}
}}
 
'''Franklin''' is a city in [[Franklin County, Idaho|Franklin County]], [[Idaho]], United States. The population was 1,025 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>[http://data.spokesman.com/census/2010/idaho/cities/franklin-id/ Spokesman-Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101905/http://data.spokesman.com/census/2010/idaho/cities/franklin-id/ |date=2016-03-04 }} - 2010 census - Franklin, Idaho - accessed 26 December 2011</ref> It is part of the [[Logan, Utah|Logan]], [[Utah]]-Idaho [[Logan metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==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]]

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which, {{convert|1.26|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=18 December 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2 July 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 435
|1910= 534
|1920= 589
|1930= 531
|1940= 523
|1950= 467
|1960= 446
|1970= 402
|1980= 423
|1990= 478
|2000= 641
|2010= 641
|2020= 1025
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2019CenPopScriptOnlyDirtyFixDoNotUse">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2019.html|date=May 24, 2020|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=18 December 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 641 people, 221 households, and 155 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|508.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 236 housing units at an average density of {{convert|187.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 6.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 13.1% of the population.

There were 221 households, of which 42.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.9% were non-families. 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.90 and the average family size was 3.61.

The median age in the city was 29.9 years. 34.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.9% were from 25 to 44; 19.2% were from 45 to 64; and 12.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.8% male and 50.2% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=31 January 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 641 people, 195 households, and 156 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|839.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 219 housing units at an average density of {{convert|286.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the city was 88.92% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.16% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 9.05% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.87% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.67% of the population.

There were 195 households, out of which 47.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.79.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 40.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,026, and the median income for a family was $34,191. Males had a median income of $27,417 versus $24,000 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $10,346. About 10.9% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==Further reading==
#{{Citation|last=IDAHO SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION|year=1910|title=Idaho facts and statistics; pertaining to its early settlement and colonization with special reference to the Franklin Colony together with stories of the Indian troubles in the southeastern part of the state|place=Salt Lake City|publisher=IDAHO SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION|url=https://archive.org/details/idahofactsstatis00slsnrich}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://franklinidaho.org}} - City of Franklin

{{Franklin County, Idaho}}

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[[Category:Cities in Idaho]]
[[Category:Cities in Franklin County, Idaho]]
[[Category:Logan metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1860]]
[[Category:1860 establishments in Washington Territory]]