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| Name | Franklin |
| Alt names | Franklin | source: Getty Vocabulary Program |
| Type | County |
| Coordinates | 38.433°N 91.067°W |
| Located in | Missouri, United States (1818 - ) |
| See also | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Crawford, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Gasconade, Missouri, United States | Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) | | Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, United States | Parent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990) |
- 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 county located in the U.S. state of Missouri on the south side of the Missouri River. Franklin County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area and contains many of the city's exurbs. As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the county's population was 101,492, the tenth most populous county in Missouri. Its county seat is Union. The county was organized in 1818 and is named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA (American Viticultural Area) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland, which extends on both sides of the Missouri River. Rural Franklin County has had problems with the production and consumption of methamphetamine and was featured in an A&E documentary entitled Meth: A County in Crisis (2005).
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1818 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1819 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1862 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 2,379
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| 1830 | 3,484
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| 1840 | 7,515
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| 1850 | 11,021
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| 1860 | 18,085
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| 1870 | 30,098
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| 1880 | 26,534
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| 1890 | 28,056
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| 1900 | 30,581
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| 1910 | 29,830
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| 1920 | 28,427
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| 1930 | 30,519
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| 1940 | 33,868
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| 1950 | 36,046
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| 1960 | 44,566
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| 1970 | 55,116
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| 1980 | 71,233
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| 1990 | 80,603
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Research Tips
External links
www.rootsweb.com/~mofrankl/
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