 new franklin is a city in howard county, missouri, united states. the population was 1,089 at the 2010 census. it is part of the columbia, missouri metropolitan statistical area. the community is a quarter mile northeast of franklin, missouri and is up the hill from that flood prone historic community which was the start of the santa fe trail. ==history== old franklin was laid out in 1816. due to the town's frequent flooding, new franklin was relocated up the hill in 1826. fr
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