Franklin is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in the town of Herman, in

Sheboygan County Sheboygan County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is named after the Sheboygan River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,034. Its county seat is Sheboygan. The county was created in 1836 and organized in 1846. At th ...

Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...

, United States. Franklin is located at the intersection of County Highway M and the

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, about 1 mile (1 km) from Lakeland College. The

Franklin Feed Mill The Franklin Feed Mill is located in Franklin, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list o ...

is listed on the

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. The town hall for Herman is located inside the community.

Notable people

* William F. Sieker, farmer and politician, lived on a farm near Franklin within the town of Herman.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1897,' Biographical Sketch of William F. Sieker, pg. 696

Images

File:FranklinSheboyganCountyWisconsinDowntown2.jpg, Looking south in Franklin File:FranklinVolunteerFireDepartmentSheboyganCounty.jpg, Volunteer Fire Department File:FranklinFeedMillRiverWisconsin.jpg,

beside the

File:FranklinFeedMillWisconsin.jpg,

File:HermanWisconsinTownHallSheboyganCounty.jpg, Herman town hall

References

Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin Unincorporated communities in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin {{SheboyganCountyWI-geo-stub