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Franklin

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,019. The county seat is . The county was formed on January 15, 1851 and named after Benjamin Franklin.
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  • Type: County with 10,000 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Franklin County”, “Franklin County, IA”, and “Franklin County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hampton.

Town
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is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,337 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 4,340 in 2024. The city is located two miles southeast of Beeds Lake State Park.

Franklin

Latitude
42.7286° or 42° 43′ 43″ north
Longitude
-93.2513° or 93° 15′ 5″ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
1,211 feet (369 metres)
Open location code
86J8PPHX+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955460
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4857648
Wiki­data ID
Q486174
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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، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Ֆրանկլին շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Franklin”
  • Basque: “Franklin konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Franklin County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Franklin County”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফ্রাঙ্কলিন কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফ্রাঙ্কলিন কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Окръг Франклин”
  • Bulgarian: “Франклин”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Franklin”
  • Cebuano: “Franklin County”
  • Chechen: “Франклин (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Франклин”
  • Chinese: “Franklin Kūn”
  • Chinese: “富兰克林县”
  • Chinese: “富蘭克林縣 (愛阿華州)”
  • Chinese: “富蘭克林縣”
  • Dutch: “Franklin County”
  • 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 (آیؤوا)”
  • 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”
  • Japanese: “フランクリン郡”
  • Korean: “프랭클린군”
  • Low German: “Franklin County”
  • Mazanderani: “فرانکلین شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “فرانکلین شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Franklin Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Franklin Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Franklin County i Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Franklin County”
  • Norwegian: “Franklin County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فرانکلین، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان فرانکلین”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Franklin”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Franklin”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Franklin, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Franklin”
  • Russian: “Франклин”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Franklin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Franklin County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Френклин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Franklin County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Franklin County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Franklin (Iowa)”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Franklin”
  • Swedish: “Franklin County, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Franklin County”
  • Tatar: “Франклин (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Франклин”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Franklin County”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Franklin ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Франклін”
  • Urdu: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Franklin”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Franklin, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Franklin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Franklin, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Franklin”
  • Welsh: “Franklin County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Franklin County”
  • Western Panjabi: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Western Panjabi: “فرینکلن کاؤنٹی”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hampton Municipal Airport and Franklin County Historical Soc.

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