Franklin (Connecticut)

Franklin
Congregational Church in Franklin
Location in Connecticut
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	Connecticut
County :	New London County
Coordinates :	41 ° 37 ′  N , 72 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 72 ° 9 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	1,922 (as of 2010)
Population density :	38.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	50.8 km 2  (approx. 20 mi 2 ) of which 50.5 km 2  (approx. 19 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	96 m
Postal code :	06254
GNIS ID :	212462
Website :	www.franklinct.com

Franklin is a town in New London County in the US state of Connecticut . The parish is named after Benjamin Franklin .

geography

Geographical location

Franklin is located north of New London Counties in the east of Connecticut.

Neighboring communities

Lebanon	Windham ( Windham County )	Scotland ( Windham County )
Lebanon		Sprague
Bozrah	Bozrah	Norwich

Population development

Census Results - Town of Franlin, Connecticut

year	1820	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910	1920
Residents	1161	895	2358	731	686	585	546	527	552
year	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010
Residents	611	667	727	974	1356	1592	1810	1835	1922

Ashbel Woodward House

Culture and sights

• Ashbel Woodward House , historic building from 1835

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Lafayette S. Foster (1806-1880), politician
• Orsamus H. Marshall (1813-1884), lecturer and historian
• Uriah Tracy (1755–1807), politician, part of the House and Senate

Web links

Commons : Franklin (Connecticut)  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the village Franklin

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Franklin in the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System . Retrieved April 3, 2017
2. ↑ Population 1820–2010 according to census results