Franklin County, Kansas

Franklin County (county code FR) is a county in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 25,996 people lived there. Its county seat is Ottawa. Ottawa is also the biggest city in Franklin County. The county is mostly rural. It was part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, but it no longer is since 2013.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (0.9%) is water.

Major highways
 Interstate 35
 U.S. Route 50
 U.S. Route 59
 K-33
 K-68

People

Franklin County is in the Ottawa, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area. It was included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area.

Government

Presidential elections
Franklin County is often carried by Republican Candidates. The last time a democratic candidate has carried Franklin County was in 1964 by Lyndon B. Johnson.

+ Presidential Elections Results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202068.0% 8,47929.6% 3,6902.5% 308201664.8% 7,18526.1% 2,8929.1% 1,005201263.6% 6,98433.6% 3,6942.8% 312200860.0% 7,07937.6% 4,4332.4% 279200464.4% 7,39134.2% 3,9211.4% 164200061.4% 5,92534.4% 3,3214.3% 412199650.9% 5,00736.1% 3,55213.0% 1,276199237.4% 3,69930.0% 2,96832.5% 3,216198856.4% 4,77742.4% 3,5921.1% 96198470.6% 6,28428.4% 2,5231.0% 92198062.7% 5,52531.0% 2,7266.3% 557197655.5% 4,76042.1% 3,6072.5% 211197272.7% 6,01124.9% 2,0562.4% 200196859.2% 4,87530.6% 2,52410.2% 840196445.3% 3,72553.6% 4,4101.1% 86196068.2% 6,15831.3% 2,8240.5% 47195671.4% 6,55728.2% 2,5910.4% 33195272.9% 6,98326.4% 2,5320.7% 69194858.2% 5,14539.3% 3,4672.5% 222194464.7% 5,37534.7% 2,8800.7% 55194063.8% 6,39335.4% 3,5420.9% 85193657.0% 6,00742.7% 4,5030.3% 28193250.2% 4,88748.1% 4,6901.7% 165192878.4% 7,34620.8% 1,9510.8% 73192467.1% 6,00825.9% 2,3247.0% 628192065.2% 5,21632.6% 2,6062.3% 183191645.2% 3,88548.0% 4,1286.8% 588191213.8% 67240.3% 1,97046.0% 2,247190852.7% 2,65842.8% 2,1554.5% 227190462.8% 2,85528.8% 1,3108.3% 378190051.6% 2,87246.8% 2,6051.7% 94189644.9% 2,60954.3% 3,1520.8% 49189246.1% 2,20953.9% 2,587188850.5% 2,42223.2% 1,11326.3% 1,264

Education

Unified school districts
 West Franklin USD 287 (Web site)
 Central Heights USD 288 (Web site)
 Wellsville USD 289 (Web site)
 Ottawa USD 290 (Web site)

Colleges and universities
 Ottawa University, Ottawa
 Neosho County Community College (branch campus), Ottawa

Communities

Cities

 Lane
 Ottawa
 Pomona
 Princeton
 Rantoul
 Richmond
 Wellsville
 Williamsburg

References

Notes

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Franklin County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 69 pages; 1920.
 Plat Book of Franklin County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 36 pages; 1903.

Other websites

County

 Franklin County - Directory of Public Officials
Historical
 Franklin County Genealogical Society 
Maps
 Franklin County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

Category:Kansas counties
Category:1855 establishments in Kansas Territory