Franklin County, Texas

administration
Franklin County Courthouse
US state :	Texas
Administrative headquarters :	Mount Vernon
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Franklin County Courthouse P.O. Box 68 Mount Vernon, TX 75457-0068
Foundation :	1875
Made up from:	Titus County
Area code :	001 903
Demographics
Residents :	10,605 (2010)
Population density :	14.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	763 km²
Water surface :	24 km²
map

Website : www.co.franklin.tx.us

The Franklin County is a county in the state of Texas of the United States . The county seat is in Mount Vernon . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is northeast of the geographic center of Texas and about 25 miles from the border with the state of Oklahoma . It has an area of 763 square kilometers, of which 24 square kilometers are water. It is bordered in a clockwise direction by the following counties: Red River County , Titus County , Camp County , Wood County, and Hopkins Counties .

history

Franklin County was formed from parts of Titus County on March 6, 1875, and the administrative organization was completed on April 30 of the following month. It was named after Benjamin Cromwell Franklin (1805–1873), the first judge in the Republic of Texas . Franklin served as an officer in the Texan War of Independence and was a member of the State Legislature in 1845 .

The Cotton Belt Depot Museum in the Mount Vernon Downtown Historic District . This Historic District is one of the county's four entries in the NRHP.

Four buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of May 24, 2019).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1880	5280	-
1890	6481	22.7%
1900	8674	33.8%
1910	9331	7.6%
1920	9304	-0.3%
1930	8494	-8.7%
1940	8378	-1.4%
1950	6257	-25.3%
1960	5101	-18.5%
1970	5291	3.7%
1980	6893	30.3%
1990	7802	13.2%
2000	9458	21.2%
2010	10,605	12.1%
1880-2010

Franklin County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2000 census , Franklin County had 9,458 people in 3,754 households and 2,732 families. The population density was 13 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 89.19 percent white, 3.94 percent African American, 0.63 percent Native American, 0.21 percent Asian and 5.14 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.88 percent were descended from two or more races. 8.90 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 3,754 households, 30.1 percent had children or young people living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 8.4 percent were single mothers and 27.2 percent were non-families. 24.6 percent were single households and 12.8 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.95 people.

24.3 percent of the population was under 18 years old, 7.3 percent between 18 and 24, 24.8 percent between 25 and 44, 25.0 percent between 45 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 94.3 males and for every 100 females age 18 or over there were 92.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $ 31,955 , and the median income for a family is $ 37,064. Males had a median income of $ 28,806 versus $ 19,361 for females. The per capita income was $ 17,563. 12.5 percent of families and 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in the county

Individual evidence

^ Franklin County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011

↑ Information from the National Association of Counties ( Memento of the original from April 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved October 10, 2012 @1@ 2

↑ Charles Curry Aiken, Joseph Nathan Kane: The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, Area, and Population Data, 1950-2010 . 6th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham 2013, ISBN 978-0-8108-8762-6 , p. 106 .

↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 24, 2019.
Weekly List on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed May 24, 2019.