Franklin post offices in the United States

Alliance Monument, known as Chip.

The city of Franklin was founded on October 26, 1799, by Abram Maury, Jr. (1766-1825), a state senator was buried with his family at Founders Pointe. Maury named this town after state founder Benjamin Franklin, a good friend of Dr. Hugh Williamson and a member of the Great Continental Congress.

Ewen Cameron built the first European-American house in the town of Franklin. Cameron was born February 23, 1768 in the Balkans, Ferintoshes, Scotland. He emigrated to Virginia in 1785 and then went to Tennessee. Cameron died February 28, 1846, and he lived 48 years in the same house. His second wife, Mary, and he was buried in the Old City Cemetery. Your son lived in Franklin for a long time since 1798, when his son named Duncan was born.

In the American Civil War, the battle in the city on November 30, 1864 led to nearly 10,000 casualties (killed, wounded, captured and missing). Forty-four buildings were converted to a field hospital. On August 15th, 1868 in Franklin, Samuel Bierfield became the first Jewish to be killed publicly in the United States. In 2012, the population was estimated to be 68,280. This gave Franklin his rating as the seventh largest city in the state. Many residents come here to work in the enterprises of Nashville.

Tornadoes of December 24, 1988 

In the early morning of Christmas Eve of 1988, a man died when a four-tier tornado attacked the city.

Franklin lay at 35 ° 55 ′ 45 N″ 86 ° 51 ′ 27 ″ W (35,929074, -857402).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 78.0 km (30.1 sq mi). 77.8 km (30.0 sq mi) of its land and 0.2 km (0.1 sq mi) covered by water (0.27%).

Since the late 20th century, the city has grown rapidly in population, attracting many businesses. According to the 2010 Census, the city had 62,47 people (the population of Williamson County, which was 193,595), 16,128 households and 11,225 households in the city. The population density is 1,393.3 people per square mile (538.0 per square kilometer). 17,296 housing units, an average of 575.9 per square mile (222.4 per square kilometer). Racial membership of the city is 84.53 percent of the whites, 10.35 percent of African-Americans, 4.84 percent of Latino, 1.61 percent of the Asian people, 0.24 percent of native Americans, 0.05 percent of the Pacific people, 2.17 percent from other ethnic groups and 1.0 percent from two. race.

Of the 16,128 households, 38.6% of children under 18 years of age live with their families, 56.2% are co-residents, 10.8% are single women and 30.4% are not family; 25.0% of households are made up of individuals and 5.4% have a person who is 65 or older alone. The average size of households is 2.55 and the average size of the household is 3.09. In the city, the population is divided by age 27.9 per cent under 18, 7.5 per cent between 18 and 24 years of age, 38.1 per cent between 25 and 44 years of age, 1.2 and 4. % of people aged 65 and over. The average age is 33 years old. 93.6 men per 100 woman. 90.2 men per 100 woman of 18 years or older. The average income per family in the CDP is $ 75,871, and for a family is $ 91,931. Men with an average income of $ 66,622 and $ 43,193 per woman. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 36,445. Roughly 5.0 percent of the family and 7.0 percent of the population were below the poverty line, of which 9.2 percent were those under 18 and 6.9 percent were those aged 65 and older. Less than 5.0% of the labor force that is eligible for unemployment.

The city is run by a mayor, who is elected by the highest votes in the city, and a council of eight city councilors, four people are elected from districts, and four are elected by high votes. They were elected for a four-year term. The policies and procedures of the city were decided by the Council of Ministers and members of the city council. Resolution, ordinance, and city law are carried out by different departments of the city. These include: Governance, Construction and Service of the Neighboring, Technical, Finance, Laboratory, Information Technology, Law, Planning and Sustainability, Parks, Police, Sanitation and Environmental Services, Streets and Water Management. These 14 departments are supervised by city administrators.

The city of Franklin was a place of enterprises related to health care services including HealthSpring, Clarcor, Community Health System, Healthways, Elderly Care, MedSolutions Inc and Renal Advantage Inc. Advantage Inc. In addition, Magazines.com, Provident Music Group, World Christian Holdings, Mid-States of Atmos, and the North American Center. Future development here involves building the Chinese manufacturing plant of the Triangle Tire Company at the Dover Center, and the conversion of the headquarters of the CKE Restato the Two urants Franklin Park in Two Cool Springs.

Main Street festivals 

Franklin's main street festival is a street festival bringing more than 200 artists, four stage, two festivals and two food districts in Franklin's history and downtown areas. The arts and handicrafts of this festival range from Avenue one to fifteen.

Street wine Festival

"Wine Down Main Street" is a unique wine tasting event that attracted more than 2,000 people to Prehistoric Street, Franklin was the first Friday in November. This annual event was a benefit to the Boys & Girls and Franklin, Fairview clubs in Central Tennessee. 

Pumpkinfest District 

Franklin's Pumpkinfest is an annual donation to the Franklin Gothic of Property and Williamson County, held every year on Saturday before Halloween. Halloween activities include music, entertainment for children, local artists, and food. 

• City of Franklin (official website)
• charter
• Franklin: 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations, National Trust for Historic Preservation
• The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee by John K. Shellenberger
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