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Franklin County is a county in the Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,424. [1] The county seat is Carnesville. [2] On February 25, 1784, Franklin and Washington became Georgia's eighth and ninth counties, [3] with Franklin named in honor of patriot Benjamin Franklin.
Martin is located in southeastern Stephens County at (34.486662, -83.185656) [7] A small portion extends south into Franklin County It is bordered to the north by the town of Avalon . Georgia State Route 17 passes through Martin, leading northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Toccoa and southeast 6 miles (10 km) to Lavonia .
GA 51, approximately .25 mi. SE of the Banks-Franklin County line 34°21′54″N 83°23′05″W / 34.365°N 83.384722°W / 34.365; -83.384722 ( William Ariail Carnesville
Col. William H. Wofford and Jacob Hollingsworth moved from North Carolina to Franklin County, Georgia in 1792. The area where they settled was known as Wofford's Settlement. [ 7 ] When the line was surveyed by Benjamin Hawkins in 1798, [ 8 ] Col. Wofford learned that their settlement was considered to be in Indian territory.
Ashland is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. [1] History. The community served as a rural trading point. [2]
Plantation Pipeline headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia [1] The Plantation Pipe Line Company, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, delivers refined petroleum products to communities and businesses throughout the South and parts of the Eastern United States. The company is owned by a partnership between Exxon and the pipeline operator Kinder ...
Like other Georgia counties at the time, Franklin County had to decide which land claims were legitimate and which were fraudulent. The first county court was held at the home of Warren Philpot on Gumlog Creek. George Walton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was the court's chief justice. [25]
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