Franklin County, Nebraska

Franklin County
Franklin County
County
	Franklin County courthouse in Franklin
	Location within the U.S. state of Nebraska
	Nebraska's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 40°11′N 98°57′W / 40.18°N 98.95°W
Country	United States
State	Nebraska
Founded	1867 (authorized); 1871 (organized)
Named for	Benjamin Franklin
Seat	Franklin
Largest city	Franklin
Area
• Total	576 sq mi (1,490 km2)
• Land	576 sq mi (1,490 km2)
• Water	0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) 0.03%
Population (2020)
• Total	2,889
• Estimate (2021)	2,903
• Density	5.0/sq mi (1.9/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.co.franklin.ne.us

Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,889.^[1] Its county seat is Franklin.^[2] The county was formed in 1867 and organized in 1871.^[3]^[4] It was named for Benjamin Franklin.^[5] In the Nebraska license plate system, Franklin County is represented by the prefix 50 (it had the 50th-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

^ "County Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). Nebraska Place-Names. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. p. 60. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
^ Andreas, A. T. (1882). "Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska". The Kansas Collection. Archived from the original on May 8, 2003. Retrieved December 14, 2014.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 131.