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The Town of Franklin is a city [2] in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Franklin is one of thirteen Massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "The town of" in their official names. [3] As of 2022, the city's population was 36,745, with a growth rate of 15.38% ...
Franklin Public Library is the first and oldest public lending library in continuous existence in the United States. It was founded in 1790 in Franklin, Massachusetts, with a donation of books from Benjamin Franklin. [1] [2] It is currently located at 118 Main Street in Franklin, [1] [3] at the edge of the downtown Franklin area, right next to ...
The Franklin Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing the traditional village center of Franklin, Massachusetts. The primary focus of the district is the town common , a roughly triangular green which took shape in the mid-18th century.
Town Franklin Open town meeting 1,761 37.9 sq mi (98.16 km 2) 37.7 sq mi (97.64 km 2) 1775 Phillipston: Town Worcester Open town meeting 1,726 24.6 sq mi (63.71 km 2) 24.3 sq mi (62.94 km 2) 1786 Shutesbury: Town Franklin Open town meeting 1,717 27.2 sq mi (70.45 km 2) 26.6 sq mi (68.89 km 2) 1761 Ashfield: Town Franklin Open town meeting 1,695
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2018 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), [1] the state had 374 law enforcement agencies employing 19,578 personnel (27,489 personnel, total, including sworn and non-sworn positions), with an average of 284 sworn personnel per 100,000 ...
Participating mayors and Town Meetings still vote on the bottom line of their share of the regional budget. If municipalities within a school district disagree (e.g., if one town funds 100% of the regional school committee's request, and another funds only 75%), a second round of decisions is taken.
The town, with community support, worked closely with the Benjamin Franklin Classical Charter Public School [5] to incorporate the little Brick School into their educational offerings. Today the tradition of public education continues in this one room classroom, viewed by many as a town treasure. The school remains a large tourist attraction ...
Franklin County is a nongovernmental county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census , the population was 71,029, [ 1 ] which made it the least populous county on the Massachusetts mainland, and the third least populous county in the state.