   the town of franklin is a city in norfolk county, massachusetts, us. franklin is one of fourteen massachusetts municipalities that have applied for, and been granted, city forms of government but wish to retain "the town ofâ in their official names.http://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cisctlist/ctlistalph.htm as of 2012, the city's population was 33,092. it is home to the country's first library, with its first books donated by benjamin franklin. it also contains the largest catholic parish in the boston archdiocese, st. mary's catholic church, with some 15,000 members. ==history== franklin was first settled by europeans in 1660 and officially incorporated during the american revolution. the town was formed from the western part of the town of wrentham on february 16, 1778; i
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