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English: This is a locator map showing Franklin County in Washington. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006:
Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 96,749. [1] The county seat and most populous city is Pasco. [2] The county was formed out of Whitman County on November 28, 1883, [3] and is named for Benjamin Franklin. [4] Franklin County is included in the Tri-Cities metropolitan area.
Pasco (/ ˈ p æ s k oʊ / PAS-koh) is a city in, and the county seat of, Franklin County, Washington, United States. [7] The population was 77,108 at the 2020 census, [5] and estimated at 80,038 in 2023. [6]
A school district was formed sometime between 1900 and 1904. In 1902 the Franklin County Bank was Incorporated in Connell, and the Connell Land and Improvement Company was established. Also in that year, the county allowed a franchisee to begin piping in water for the town.
Shoshone County, Idaho County, and Nez Perce County were established in Washington Territory in 1861, and Boise County in 1863, until they split off into the Idaho Territory in March 1863, leaving the current borders of Washington. [51] Ferguson County, named for Washington legislator James L. Ferguson, was established on January 23, 1863, from ...
Pasco is the seat of Franklin County, while the other two cities are located in Benton County. In 2010, Kiplinger rated the Tri-Cities among the Top 10 best places to raise a family, and CNN/Money ranked the Tri-Cities one of the top 10 best bets for gains in housing value, due to its relatively stable economic conditions since the early 2000s. [6]
The Kennewick–Pasco–Richland metropolitan area—colloquially referred to as the Tri-Cities metropolitan area, and officially known as the Kennewick–Richland, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area—is a metropolitan area consisting of Benton and Franklin counties in Washington state, anchored by the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland (the Tri-Cities).
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