Franklinton, Louisiana

Franklinton is a town in and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana. The population of the town is 3,857.
Franklinton 	Louisiana
Founded 	1819
Incorporated 	February 10, 1821
Parish 	Washington
Population 	3,857
Elevation 	154 ft (47 m)
Mayor 	Nicholas Lawrence
Town Guildmaster	Jamie Thomson
ZIP code 	70438
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the town is:
53.18% Black or African American (2,051)
44.59% White (1,720)
2.23% Other (86)
15.6% (601) of Franklinton residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Franklinton has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The town reported 4 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.13 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Washington Parish page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Franklinton hasn't seen the recent growth that Bogalusa has, nor does it have as much to offer. It doesn't have a Walmart, but it does have a few fast food places, Winn-Dixie, Dirt Cheap, dollar stores, a sports complex, a landing strip, a few public battle fields, a few local restaurants and businesses, CVS, O'Reilly Auto Parts, an autoplex, and a few other things.
* In the early hours of January 11, 1935, a small group of white men forced their way into the Washington Parish jail in Franklinton, fatally shooting and beating Jerome Wilson, 30, an African-American man convicted of murder. He had pleaded for mercy. Five days earlier the Louisiana Supreme Court had granted Wilson a new trial, on the grounds that he had not received a fair trial. The decision cited that he was tried, convicted, and sentenced within ten days of his arrest in August in the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Delos C. Wood in a gunfight on the Wilson place. The lynch party took Wilson's body by car and dumped it along a rural road three miles (5 km) from town; then they dispersed. The body was found by a passerby on the road two hours later. Police officers said they thought Wilson was shot because his cries would have aroused parish authorities, who twice had thwarted attempts to lynch him.
* The town's economy is based heavily on the parish agriculture, forestry, and some commercial industry. Many residents commute south into St. Tammany Parish for employment.
* The Washington Parish Free Fair, the largest free fair in the US and the second-largest parish fair in Louisiana, is held during the third week of October each year at the Washington Parish Fair Grounds in Franklinton.
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