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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Franklin County is a nongovernmental county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2010 census, the population was 71,372. Its largest community, and traditional county seat, is Greenfield.
Franklin County is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Franklin County was created on 24 June 1811 from the northern third of Hampshire County.
Timeline
Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 29,268
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| 1830 | 29,501
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| 1840 | 28,812
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| 1850 | 30,870
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| 1860 | 31,434
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| 1870 | 32,635
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| 1880 | 36,001
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| 1890 | 38,610
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| 1900 | 41,209
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| 1910 | 43,600
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| 1920 | 49,361
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| 1930 | 49,612
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| 1940 | 49,453
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| 1950 | 52,747
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| 1960 | 54,864
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| 1970 | 59,210
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| 1980 | 64,317
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| 1990 | 70,092
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Research Tips
External links
- Outstanding guide to Franklin County, Massachusetts family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). History, towns and cities, county histories, birth, marriage, and death records, deeds, wills, court records, divorce records, naturalizations, tax records, warnings out, maps, and societies.
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