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Franklin County

county in Massachusetts, United States
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Summary

Franklin County is a county of Massachusetts[1]. It draws 773 Wikipedia views per month (county of massachusetts category, ranking #12 of 15).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Massachusetts[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Greenfield[5]
  • Shares border with: Windham County[6], Bennington County[7], Worcester County[8], Hampshire County[9], Berkshire County[10], Cheshire County[11]
  • Named after: Benjamin Franklin[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Greenfield[13], Ashfield[14], Bernardston[15], Buckland[16], Charlemont[17], Colrain[18], Conway[19], Deerfield[20], Erving[21], Gill[22], Hawley[23], Heath[24], Leverett[25], Leyden[26]
  • Commons category: Franklin County, Massachusetts[27]
  • Inception: June 24, 1811[28]
  • Coordinate location: 42.58707, -72.573944[29]
  • Official website: http://www.co.franklin.ma.us/[30], https://frcog.org/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Franklin County, Massachusetts[32]
  • Population: 71,372[33], 71,298[34], 71,595[35], 71,535[36], 71,221[37], 70,601[38], 71,029[39]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Massachusetts[40]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Franklin County, Massachusetts[41]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Franklin County, Massachusetts[42]
  • Number of households: 30,790[43]
  • Native label: Franklin County[44]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108910[45]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Franklin County, Massachusetts[46]
  • Area: 1877[47]
  • Water as percent of area: 3.5[48]

Why It Matters

Franklin County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Related Entities

Benjamin Franklin Massachusetts United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Franklin County, Ma
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Franklin County, Massachusetts.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States pre"
  2. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00162529
    Umls cui → C3814024
    Taxonomicon id → 1806087
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Franklin County, Massachusetts
    Inception → +1811-06-24T00:00:00Z
    Number of households → {'amount': '+30790'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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