page_title: Franklin County, Kentucky
hierarchical_section_title: Franklin County, Kentucky
caption_attribution_description: Franklin County, Kentucky courthouse
context_page_description: Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,285. Its county seat is Frankfort, the state capital. The county was formed in 1795 from parts of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby counties, and was named after the American inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin.
  Franklin County is part of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area.
context_section_description: Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 49,285. Its county seat is Frankfort, the state capital. The county was formed in 1795 from parts of Woodford, Mercer and Shelby counties, and was named after the American inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin.
  Franklin County is part of the Frankfort, Kentucky Micropolitan Statistical Area.
caption: Franklin County courthouse in Frankfort
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