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Nebraska Counties
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Nebraska Counties
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Franklin County, Nebraska
Franklin County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Franklin
Year Organized: 1867
Square Miles: 576 |
Court House: 405 15th Ave, P.O. Box 146
County Courthouse
Franklin, NE 68939-0146
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Named after American statesman and philosopher Benjamin
Franklin
Demographics:
County QuickFacts:
Census Bureau Quick Facts
History
Advertisements appearing in Eastern
and European newspapers in the 1860s claimed the Republican River area, south of
Fort Kearny, offered an abundance of fuel, wild game, and a beauty that could
not be found elsewhere. Such advertisements led to an inpouring of early
settlers.
The advertisements did tell prospective settlers the truth, as they found easily
accessible creeks and springs and a vast amount of timberland that accommodated
many of their needs, particularly in the southern portion of what would become
Franklin County.
By an act of the Legislature, Franklin County was organized in March 1871. Named
after American statesman and philosopher Benjamin Franklin, the county's
boundaries were actually approved four years earlier. The first post office,
according to historical records, opened in 1873. The following year the United
States Land Office moved from Lowell to Bloomington and brought people in from a
10-county area. This move, combined with the fact that Bloomington was laid out
along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line, resulted in a tremendous
increase in business activity for the village.
A move of the county seat was next, as the inhabitants of the area voted to
relocate it from Franklin City to Bloomington. As Bloomington continued to grow,
Franklin City would soon cease to exist. At the same time, Riverton and Naponee
would incorporate on the east and west ends of the county, respectively.
With the demise of Franklin City came the founding of Franklin, located just to
the east of the former settlement in the south-central portion of the county.
Franklin was incorporated in July 1883. Within 10 years, Hildreth, Campbell and
Upland were incorporated.
Bloomington's boom was short-lived as in 1893 the US Land Office was
permanently closed. In the years that followed the population began to shift
away from Bloomington and toward Franklin. By 1920, voters in the county chose
to move the county seat from Bloomington to Franklin.
Neighboring Counties:
Cities and Towns:
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- Antelope |
township |
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- Ash Grove |
township |
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- Bloomington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Campbell |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- East Bloomington |
township |
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- Franklin
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hildreth |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Macon |
township |
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- Marion |
township |
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- Naponee |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Franklin |
township |
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- Riverton |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Turkey Creek |
township |
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- Upland |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our 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." |
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