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Franklin Centre Border Station 2001
Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral division in Tasmania * Division of Franklin (state), state electoral division in Tasmania * Franklin, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin * Franklin River, river of Tasmania * Franklin Sound, waterway of Tasmania Canada * District of Franklin, a former district of the Northwest Territories * Franklin, Quebec, a municipality in the Montérégie region * Rural Municipality of Franklin, Manitoba * Franklin, Manitoba, an unincorporated community in the Rural Municipality of Rosedale, Manitoba * Franklin Glacier Complex, a volcano in southwestern British Columbia * Franklin Range, a mountain range on Vancouver Island, British Columbia * Franklin River (Vancouver Island), British Columbia * Franklin Strai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin (given Name)
Franklin is a masculine English given name. It is of English coming from the medieval English ''Frankeleyn'', coming from the Anglo-Norman ''fraunclein''. Its meaning is ''landowner of free but not noble origin''. People with the given name * Franklin Bache (1792-1864), American physician, chemist, professor and writer * Franklin Archibald Dick (1823-1885), American lawyer * Franklin Chang-Díaz (born 1950), mechanical engineer and physicist, former NASA astronaut * Franklin Hughes Delano (1813–1893), American merchant, diplomat and society man. * Franklin Drilon (born 1945), Filipino politician * Franklin Engelmann (1908-1972), British radio personality * Franklin Delano Floyd * Franklin Graham (born 1952), son of Billy Graham * Franklin J. Knoll (born 1940), American politician, lawyer, and judje * Franklin P. Peterson (1930–2000), American mathematician specializing in algebraic topology * Franklin Pierce (1804-1869), 14th President of the United States of America * Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin's Forest
Franklin's Forest lies near the centre of the East End distinct of Grand Cayman, one of the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the territory's Important Bird Areas (IBAs). Description Franklin's Forest is a 111 ha tract of native tropical dry forest bordered by ''Conocarpus'' wetlands and farmland. It lies south of the Salina Reserve and east of Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park. It is unprotected and partly privately owned. Birds The IBA was identified as such by BirdLife International because it supports populations of white-crowned pigeons, Cuban amazons, Caribbean elaenias, thick-billed vireos, Yucatan vireos and vitelline warbler The vitelline warbler (''Setophaga vitellina'') is a songbird species in the New World warbler family (Parulidae). It is found in the Cayman Islands and on the Swan Islands in Honduras. Taxonomy This species is part of the large New World warbl ...s. References Important Bird Areas of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Illinois
Franklin is a village in Morgan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 610 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Franklin is located at (39.620410, -90.047315). According to the 2010 census, Franklin has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 586 people, 226 households, and 169 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 241 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.98% White, 0.68% Native American, and 0.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.85% of the population. There were 226 households, out of which 41.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.2% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.8% were non-families. 18.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Idaho
Franklin is a city in Franklin County, Idaho, United States. The population was 641 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Logan, Utah-Idaho 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 Richards, an Apostle for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 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 north of the Utah Territory border. The area within the town limits was platted into square blocks in 1864. 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Georgia
Franklin is a city in Heard County, Georgia, United States. The population was 993 at the 2010 census, up from 902 at the 2000 census. Franklin is the county seat of Heard County. The city is named after Benjamin Franklin. History Franklin was settled in 1770, and was designated seat of the newly formed Heard County in 1831. The town was hit by a tornado just before midnight on March 25, 2021, with multiple areas in downtown being heavily damaged with the most severe damage being rated high-end EF2. The tornado later became violent and hit nearby Newnan, Georgia to the east at EF4 strength, indirectly killing one person. Geography Franklin is located in central Heard County at , along the Chattahoochee River. U.S. Route 27 passes through the east side of the city on a bypass, leading north to Carrollton and south to LaGrange. Georgia State Route 34 passes through the center of Franklin, leading northeast to Newnan and southwest to the Alabama border. Georgia S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Connecticut
Franklin is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,863 at the 2020 census. The town includes the village of North Franklin. History Franklin incorporated as a town in 1786. The town is named after Benjamin Franklin. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.36%, is water. Demographics At the 2000 census there were 1,835 people, 687 households, and 528 families living in the town. The population density was . There were 711 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 97.98% White, 0.71% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.05% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.05% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.20%. Of the 687 households 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.7% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, California (other)
Franklin, California may refer to: * Franklin, Los Angeles County, California * Franklin, Merced County, California * Franklin, Napa County, California * Franklin, Sacramento County, California Franklin is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. Franklin sits at an elevation of . The 2020 United States census reported Franklin's population at 167. Franklin is located about west-southwest of Elk Grove. ... * Franklin, San Joaquin County, California {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Arkansas
Franklin is a town in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 198 at the 2010 census. Geography Franklin is located in northeastern Izard County at (36.175324, -91.766494). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Highways * Arkansas Highway 56 * Arkansas Highway 289 Demographics At the 2000 census there were 184 people, 80 households, and 52 families in the town. The population density was 35.0/km (90.7/mi²). There were 89 housing units at an average density of 16.9/km (43.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.83% White, 1.09% Native American, 1.09% from other races. 2.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Of the 80 households 23.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 31.3% of households were one person and 25.0% were one person aged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Monroe County, Alabama
Franklin is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama (state song), Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County, Al ..., United States. Geography Franklin is located at and has an elevation of . References Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Alabama {{MonroeCountyAL-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Alabama
Franklin is a rural town in Macon County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 590. History and educational legacy The Muscogee (Creek) people had long been cultivating lands in this area, producing crops of maize, squash and beans (the Three Sisters), and tobacco, used primarily for ritual purposes. Osceola (1804-1838), who became well-known as a leader of the Seminole people in Florida, was born to a Creek woman at Red Creek, 10 miles from the Tallapoosa River. He was of mixed race but identified as Creek; the people have a matrilineal kinship system. Franklin has been home to many churches for more than 200 years. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a Methodist Missionary Church operated here for the Creek. It had two cemeteries, one for whites and one for the Creek. James McQueen, a Scots trader who lived here and married a Creek woman, was great-grandfather of Osceola. McQueen is buried in the Indian cemetery. After the Creek were force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Of Franklin
The State of Franklin (also the Free Republic of Franklin or the State of Frankland)Landrum, refers to the proposed state as "the proposed republic of Franklin; while Wheeler has it as ''Frankland''." In ''That's Not in My American History Book'', Thomas Ayres maintains that the official title was "Free Republic of Franklin". was an unrecognized proposed state located in what is today East Tennessee, United States. Franklin was created in 1784 from part of the territory west of the Appalachian Mountains that had been offered by North Carolina as a cession to Congress to help pay off debts related to the American War for Independence. It was founded with the intent of becoming the 14th state of the new United States. Franklin's first capital was Jonesborough. After the summer of 1785, the government of Franklin (which was by then based in Greeneville), ruled as a "parallel government" running alongside (but not harmoniously with) a re-established North Carolina bureaucracy. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Łódź Voivodeship
Franklin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Biała Rawska, within Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Biała Rawska, east of Rawa Mazowiecka, and east of the regional capital Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti .... References Villages in Rawa County {{Rawa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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