Editing Franklin Furnace, Ohio

{{About|a community in Ohio|the mineral location in New Jersey|Franklin Furnace}}
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'''Franklin Furnace''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Scioto County, Ohio|Scioto County]], [[Ohio]], United States, along the [[Ohio River]]. The population was 1,525 at the [[United States Census, 2020|2020 census]].

==History==
Franklin Furnace was the name of an early [[iron ore]] furnace built in eastern Scioto County in 1826.<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Nelson Wiley|title=A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t7np5qd3x;view=1up;seq=479|year=1903|publisher=N. W. Evans|page=371}}</ref> The community that grew in that area is named after the furnace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=63|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=47}}</ref> The community's name ultimately is derived from [[Benjamin Franklin]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bannon|first=Henry Towne|title=Stories Old and Often Told, Being Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015027058901;view=1up;seq=338|year=1927|publisher=Waverly Press|location=Baltimore|page=274}}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  It is located within the land that was the [[French Grant]] by Congress in 1795 to a group of French colonists were defrauded by the [[Scioto Company]]. A post office called Franklin Furnace has been in operation since 1828.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Scioto |title=Scioto County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |access-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050414070013/http://postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Scioto |archive-date=14 April 2005 }}</ref>

==Geography==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|2.7|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.4|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.4|sqmi|km2}}, or 13.14%, is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 1525
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,537 people, 519 households, and 389 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|644.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 588 housing units at an average density of {{convert|246.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.09% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.22% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.78% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.07% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.07% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.78% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.46% of the population.

There were 519 households, out of which 30.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 21.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 31.9% under the age of 18, 11.3% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 129.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $27,279, and the median income for a family was $30,156. Males had a median income of $27,216 versus $22,292 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $12,998. About 13.2% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.

==Public services==
Franklin Furnace residents are served by the [[Green High School (Franklin Furnace, Ohio)|Green Local School District]], and by a [[volunteer fire department]]. The high school mascot is the Bobcat.

==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

==Notable people==
*[[Kylan Darnell]], 2022 [[Miss Ohio Teen USA]]
*[[Ed Hock]], baseball player

==References==
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{{Scioto County, Ohio}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Scioto County, Ohio]]
[[Category:Ohio populated places on the Ohio River]]