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  2. Franklin County, Arkansas - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County,_Arkansas

    Franklin County is a county in Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,097. [1] The county has two county seats, Charleston and Ozark. [2] The county was formed on December 19, 1837, and named for Benjamin Franklin, [3] American statesman.

  3. Franklin County - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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    Franklin County, bisected by the Arkansas River into a forested northern section and a southern section primarily of farmland, was formed on December 19, 1837, from Crawford County and was named for Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and its first postmaster general. It is rich in minerals and had one of the ...

  4. Franklin County prison questions go unanswered in Charleston

    www.swtimes.com/story/news/2024/11/08/franklin-county-prison-questions-go...

    Attendees at the town hall meeting for the proposed 3,000-bed prison in Franklin County were still unsure. More than 1,800 people attended the meeting at the Tiger Center, the Charleston High School gymnasium, to hear from the Arkansas governor’s office, members of the Arkansas Board of Corrections, and state representatives and get answers to their questions about why the prison was being ...

  5. Board of Corrections votes to approve land for new prison in ...

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    The Arkansas Board of Corrections voted Friday morning to approve the purchase of land in Franklin County to build a new prison facility.Board members voted 5-1

  6. Franklin County - Arkansas

    local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Franklin County

    Franklin County. Franklin County was formed December 19, 1837, from Crawford County and named for Benjamin Franklin. The landscape of Franklin County is rugged terrain in the northern half, and rolling farmlands, forested ridges, and isolated mountains in the south because travel across the Arkansas River was so difficult in the early days of ...

  7. Franklin County, Arkansas - Wikiwand

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    Franklin County is a county in Arkansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,097. The county has two county seats, Charleston and Ozark. The county was formed on December 19, 1837, and named for Benjamin Franklin, American statesman.

  8. Arkansas buys $2.9M Franklin County property to build new prison

    www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/oct/31/arkansas-purchases-29m-property-in...

    Arkansas buys $2.9M Franklin County property to build new prison. October 31, 2024 at 12:43 p.m. | Updated November 1, 2024 at 7:23 p.m.

  9. Franklin | Association of Arkansas Counties

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    Franklin County. Franklin County was formed December 19, 1837, from Crawford County and named for Benjamin Franklin. The landscape of Franklin County is rugged terrain in the northern half, and rolling farmlands, forested ridges, and isolated mountains in the south because travel across the Arkansas River was so difficult in the early days of ...

  10. Franklin Archives - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

    encyclopediaofarkansas.net/county/franklin

    Charleston (Franklin County) Charleston is one of the two county seats of Franklin County, along with Ozark. Located south of the Arkansas ...

  11. U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Franklin County, Arkansas

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    Franklin County, Arkansas. QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties. Also for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more.