Franklin County, New York

Franklin County
County
Broadway Street, in Saranac Lake
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Location within the U.S. state of New York
New York's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 44°36′N 74°19′W / 44.6°N 74.31°W / 44.6; -74.31
Country	United States
State	New York
Founded	1808
Named for	Benjamin Franklin
Seat	Malone
Largest village	Malone
Area
• Total	1,697 sq mi (4,400 km2)
• Land	1,629 sq mi (4,220 km2)
• Water	68 sq mi (180 km2)  4.0%
Population  (2020)
• Total	47,555
• Density	28/sq mi (11/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district	21st
Website	www.franklincountyny.gov

Franklin County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York. To the north across the Canada–United States border are the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, from east to west. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 47,555.^[1] Its county seat is Malone.^[2] The county is named in honor of United States Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.^[3] The county is part of the North Country region of the state.

Franklin County comprises the Malone, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area. Much of Franklin County is within Adirondack Park. Within the border of the county is the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, or Akwesasne in the Mohawk language. Its population was nearly 3,300 in the 2010 census. The people are linked by community and history with the Mohawk of the Akwesasne reserve across the river, spanning the border of Quebec and Ontario. The Mohawk have had authority under the Jay Treaty to freely cross this international border.