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Main Street, Brookville in 1910

Some Franklin County Facts Franklin County was formed in 1811 from Dearborn and Clark counties, the sixth Indiana county. The county was named for Benjamin Franklin. Brookville is the county seat. It was first settled in 1804. A person is considered a Franklin County "pioneer" if they resided here on or before 31 Dec 1825. There are 13 townships in the county: Bath, Blooming Grove, Brookville, Butler, Fairfield, Highland, Laurel, Metamora, Posey, Ray, Salt Creek, Springfield and Whitewater. Four Indiana governors had Franklin County connections, as did a governor of Kansas, one of Utah and one of Wyoming. Visitors since 23 Aug 2008

What's New? (Click Here to see full list.)

15 Feb 2013	Added Thomas ANTHONY, Lodisa HUNTER/RAMSEY and James OGLESBY to the Brick Walls Pages. (Thanks Glenn, Kay & Amy!)
29 Oct 2012	Added new listings for Alden, Indian Creek, Hopewell, Scipio & Walker Chapel Cemeteries to the Cemeteries pages.
26 Oct 2012	Added (finally) listing for Sims Cemetery to the "Cemeteries Moved for Brookville Lake" page.
25 Oct 2012	Added a Biographies page. Please consider contributing a Franklin County biography!
21 Oct 2012	Redesigned St Nicholas German Lutheran Cemetery listing on the Cemeteries pages.

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