Place:Francisco, Gibson, Indiana, United States

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NameFrancisco
TypeTown
Coordinates38.333°N 87.447°W
Located inGibson, Indiana, United States
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Francisco is the fifth largest town and seventh largest community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. A town in Center Township, the population was 469 at the 2010 census and was founded in 1851. Local tradition says the town was named for its first settler, a Spanish laborer working on the Wabash and Erie Canal who built a shack in the area. It is part of the Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area.

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