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Franklin

Franklin County is a county in . At the 2020 census, it had a population of 37,804. The largest city is and the county seat is . This area of Southern Illinois is known locally as "Little Egypt".
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  • Type: County with 39,600 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Franklin County”, “Franklin County, IL”, and “Franklin County, Illinois”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benton Public Library and Benton Municipal Airport.

Library
serves the town of , and the residents of the District. The is located at 502 S. Main St. in Benton.

Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
is a city-owned, public-use located 1 nautical mile west of the central business district of , a city in Franklin County, , .

Courthouse
The is a government building located in . It took 620 days to complete from start to finish, costing around $13 million for the courthouse itself.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benton and West City.

Town
Photo: Aplucas0703, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Illinois. The population was 6,709 at the 2020 census. In 1839, Franklin County was split roughly in half and the county seat was permanently fixed "at a hill at the south end of Rowling's Prairie", the site of the future city of .

Village
is a in Franklin County, , . It is adjacent to the county seat of . The population was 656 at the 2020 census.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Benton Township, Franklin County, , . It is located about a mile east of the county seat of on Illinois Route 34.

Franklin

Latitude
37.9765° or 37° 58′ 36″ north
Longitude
-88.9335° or 88° 56′ 1″ west
Population
39,600
Elevation
469 feet (143 metres)
Open location code
869HX3G8+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952661
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4238982
Wiki­data ID
Q486491
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Franklin” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Franklin County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فرانكلن”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه فرانكلن، إلينوي”
  • Armenian: “Ֆրանկլին շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Franklin”
  • Basque: “Franklin konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Franklin County, Illinois”
  • Bavarian: “Franklin County”
  • Belarusian: “акруга Франклін”
  • Belarusian: “Франклін (акруга)”
  • Belarusian: “Франклін”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফ্রাঙ্কলিন কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফ্রাঙ্কলিন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Франклин”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Franklin”
  • Cebuano: “Franklin County”
  • Chechen: “Франклин (гуо, Иллинойс)”
  • Chechen: “Франклин”
  • Chinese: “Franklin Kūn”
  • Chinese: “富兰克林县”
  • Chinese: “富蘭克林縣”
  • Dutch: “Franklin County”
  • Esperanto: “Franklin County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Franklin”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Franklin”
  • Estonian: “Franklini maakond”
  • Finnish: “Franklinin piirikunta”
  • French: “Comte de Franklin”
  • French: “comté de Franklin”
  • French: “Comté de Franklin”
  • French: “Franklin County”
  • Georgian: “ფრანკლინის ოლქი”
  • German: “Franklin County”
  • Gilaki: “فرانکلین ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “فرانکلین ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Φράνκλιν”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Φράνκλιν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז פרנקלין”
  • Hungarian: “Franklin megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Franklin”
  • Italian: “contea di Franklin”
  • Italian: “Contea di Franklin”
  • Italian: “Franklin County”
  • Japanese: “フランクリン郡”
  • Korean: “프랭클린군”
  • Latin: “Franklin Comitatus”
  • Low German: “Franklin County”
  • Mazanderani: “فرانکلین شهرستان (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “فرانکلین شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Franklin Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Franklin Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Franklin County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Franklin County i Illinois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Franklin County”
  • Norwegian: “Franklin County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فرانکلین، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فرانکلین”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Franklin”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Franklin”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Franklin”
  • Portuguese: “Franklin County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Franklin, Illinois”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Franklin”
  • Russian: “Франклин”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Franklin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Franklin County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Френклин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Franklin County, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Franklin County”
  • Spanish: “condado de Franklin”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Franklin”
  • Spanish: “Franklin County”
  • Swedish: “Franklin County, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Franklin County”
  • Tatar: “Франклин (округ, Иллинойс)”
  • Tatar: “Франклин”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County, IL”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi, IL”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi, Ill.”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Франклін”
  • Urdu: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Franklin”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Franklin, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Franklin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Franklin, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Franklin”
  • Welsh: “Franklin County, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Franklin County”
  • Western Panjabi: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ”
  • Western Panjabi: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی”

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