Franklin County, Indiana

administration
The Franklin County Courthouse in Brookville, listed on the NRHP
US state :	Indiana
Administrative headquarters :	Brookville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 459 Main Street Brookville, IN 47012-1484
Foundation :	November 27, 1810
Made up from:	Clark County Dearborn County Jefferson County
Area code :	001 765
Demographics
Residents :	23,087 (2010)
Population density :	23.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1014 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
map

Franklin County is a county in the US state of Indiana in the United States . The county seat is Brookville .

geography

The county is located in southeast Indiana, borders Ohio to the east and has an area of 1014 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Fayette County , Union County , Butler County, and Hamilton Counties in Ohio, Dearborn County , Ripley County , Decatur County, and Rush Counties .

history

Benjamin Franklin

Franklin County was formed on November 27, 1810 from parts of Clark County, Dearborn County, and Jefferson County. It was named after Benjamin Franklin , a North American publisher , statesman, writer , scientist , inventor , natural philosopher, and freemason .

In Rockdale is the historic Snow Hill Covered Bridge . The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1995 with the number 95000208. A total of 13 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 1, 2017).

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	10,763	-
1830	10.190	-5.3%
1840	13,349	31%
1850	17,968	34.6%
1860	19,549	8.8%
1870	20,223	3.4%
1880	20.092	-0.6%
1890	18,366	-8.6%
1900	16,388	-10.8%
1910	15,335	-6.4%
1920	14,806	-3.4%
1930	14,498	-2.1%
1940	14,412	-0.6%
1950	16,034	11.3%
1960	17,015	6.1%
1970	16,943	-0.4%
1980	19,612	15.8%
1990	19,580	-0.2%
2000	22,151	13.1%
2010	23,087	4.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Franklin County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Stockheughter Covered Bridge , listed in the NRHP

As of the 2000 census , Franklin County had 22,151 people in 7,868 households and 6,129 families. The population density was 22 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.02 percent white, 0.03 percent African American, 0.16 percent Native American, 0.22 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.09 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.47 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.47 percent of the population.

Of the 7,868 households, 37.6 percent had children under the age of 18 living with them in the household. 66.0 percent were married couples living together, 8.0 percent were single mothers, and 22.1 percent were non-families. 19.0 percent were single households and 8.8 percent had people aged 65 or over. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.17.

28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 7.6 percent between 18 and 24, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years. 22.6 percent between 45 and 64 and 12.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.7 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 97.6 men.

The median income for a household in the 43,530 USD , and the median income for a family 50,171 USD. Males had a median income of $ 33,998 versus $ 24,516 for females. The per capita income was $ 18,624. 4.7 percent of families and 7.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.