Franklin is a community in

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in the province of

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. It is west of Neepawa, Manitoba, and was known as Bridge Creek, ''(or possibly Budge Creek),'' until 1890. It was then named Franklin and referred to a post office, a CPR midpoint and a school district so named. The origins of that name also are not clear, one source citing the U.S. president and another the explorer, Sir

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References

* ''Geographic Names of Manitoba'' (p. 86) – the Millennium Bureau of Canada Unincorporated communities in Westman Region {{Manitoba-geo-stub fr:Franklin (Manitoba)