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 Click Image to Enlarge Massachusetts CountiesMassachusetts consists of the 14 counties. Massachusetts has abolished seven of its fourteen county governments, leaving five Counties with county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) and two, Nantucket County and Suffolk County, with combined county/city government. |
Franklin County, MassachusettsFranklin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
Etymology - Origin of County NameFor Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790), early American scientist, diplomat, and politician Demographics:County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts County HistoryEstablished 1811 from Hampshire County. County seat: Greenfield. Franklin County is located in north central Massachusetts. It is bordered by the Massachusetts counties of Worcester to the east, Hampshire to the south, and Berkshire to the west. The Vermont counties of Bennington and Windham, and the New Hampshire county of Cheshire, are at its northern boundary. GeographyAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 725 square miles (1,877 kmē), of which, 702
square miles (1,818 kmē) of it is land and 23 square miles (59 kmē) of it (3.13%) is water. central southern
Franklin is dominated by the northern end of the pioneer valley with steep hills slowly rising on either side of the
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The history of our nation was a prolonged struggle to define
the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local.
And the names given the counties, our most locally based jurisdictions,
reflects the "characteristic features of this country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history. Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally." |
