Franklin County, Missouri

Franklin County
Franklin County
County
	The Franklin County Courthouse in Union
	Seal
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 38°25′N 91°05′W / 38.41°N 91.08°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	December 11, 1818
Named for	Benjamin Franklin
Seat	Union
Largest city	Washington
Area
• Total	931 sq mi (2,410 km2)
• Land	923 sq mi (2,390 km2)
• Water	8.0 sq mi (21 km2) 0.9%
Population (2020)
• Total	104,682
• Density	110/sq mi (43/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.franklinmo.org

Franklin County is located in the U.S. state of Missouri. At the 2020 census, the population was 104,682.^[1] Its county seat is Union.^[2] The county was organized in 1818 and is named after Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.^[3]^[4]

Franklin County is part of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area and contains some of the city's exurbs. It is located along the south side of the Missouri River.

The county has wineries that are included in the Hermann AVA (American Viticultural Area) and is part of the region known as the Missouri Rhineland, which extends on both sides of the Missouri River.

^ "Explore Census Data".
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 131.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1916). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 166.