Franklin County (county code FR) is een county in het oosten van de Amerikaanse staat Kansas. In 2010 woonden er 25.992 mensen. De hoofdplaats van het graafschap is Ottawa. Ottawa is ook de grootste stad van Franklin County. De county is grotendeels landelijk. Het was de agglomeratie Kansas City, maar is dat sinds 2013 niet meer.
Franklin County, Kansas
Geografie
Volgens het U.S. Census Bureau heeft de county een totale oppervlakte van 1.490 km2. Daarvan is 1.480 km2 (572 vierkante mijl) land en 14 km2 (0,9%) water.
Grote snelwegen
- Interstate 35
- U.S. Route 50
- U.S. Route 59
- K-33
- K-68
Mensen
| Historische bevolking | |||
| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 3,030 | - — | ||
| 1870 | 10,385 | 242.7% | |
| 16,797 | 61.7% | ||
| 20,279 | 20.7% | ||
| 1900 | 21,354 | 5.3% | |
| 1910 | 20,884 | −2.2% | |
| 1920 | 21,946 | 5.1% | |
| 1930 | 22,024 | 0.4% | |
| 1940 | 20,889 | −5.2% | |
| 1950 | 19,928 | −4.6% | |
| 1960 | 19,548 | −1.9% | |
| 1970 | 20,007 | 2.3% | |
| 1980 | 22,062 | 10.3% | |
| 1990 | 21,994 | −0.3% | |
| 2000 | 24,784 | 12.7% | |
| 2010 | 25,992 | 4.9% | |
| Est. 2016 | 25,560 | −1.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census1790-1960 | |||
Franklin County ligt in de Ottawa, KS Micropolitan Statistical Area. Het was opgenomen in het Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Gecombineerd Statistisch Gebied.
Overheid
Presidentsverkiezingen
Franklin County wordt vaak door republikeinse kandidaten gewonnen. De laatste keer dat een democratische kandidaat Franklin County heeft gewonnen was in 1964 door Lyndon B. Johnson.
Uitslag van de presidentsverkiezingen
| Uitslag van de presidentsverkiezingen | |||
| Jaar | Derden | ||
| 2016 | 65.5% 7,185 | 26.4% 2,892 | 8.1% 888 |
| 2012 | 63.6% 6,984 | 33.6% 3,694 | 2.8% 312 |
| 2008 | 60.0% 7,079 | 37.6% 4,433 | 2.4% 279 |
| 2004 | 64.4% 7,391 | 34.2% 3,921 | 1.4% 164 |
| 2000 | 61.4% 5,925 | 34.4% 3,321 | 4.3% 412 |
| 1996 | 50.9% 5,007 | 36.1% 3,552 | 13.0% 1,276 |
| 1992 | 37.4% 3,699 | 30.0% 2,968 | 32.5% 3,216 |
| 1988 | 56.4% 4,777 | 42.4% 3,592 | 1.1% 96 |
| 1984 | 70.6% 6,284 | 28.4% 2,523 | 1.0% 92 |
| 1980 | 62.7% 5,525 | 31.0% 2,726 | 6.3% 557 |
| 1976 | 55.5% 4,760 | 42.1% 3,607 | 2.5% 211 |
| 1972 | 72.7% 6,011 | 24.9% 2,056 | 2.4% 200 |
| 1968 | 59.2% 4,875 | 30.6% 2,524 | 10.2% 840 |
| 1964 | 45.3% 3,725 | 53.6% 4,410 | 1.1% 86 |
| 1960 | 68.2% 6,158 | 31.3% 2,824 | 0.5% 47 |
| 1956 | 71.4% 6,557 | 28.2% 2,591 | 0.4% 33 |
| 72.9% 6,983 | 26.4% 2,532 | 0.7% 69 | |
| 58.2% 5,145 | 39.3% 3,467 | 2.5% 222 | |
| 64.7% 5,375 | 34.7% 2,880 | 0.7% 55 | |
| 1940 | 63.8% 6,393 | 35.4% 3,542 | 0.9% 85 |
| 1936 | 57.0% 6,007 | 42.7% 4,503 | 0.3% 28 |
| 1932 | 50.2% 4,887 | 48.1% 4,690 | 1.7% 165 |
| 1928 | 78.4% 7,346 | 20.8% 1,951 | 0.8% 73 |
| 1924 | 67.1% 6,008 | 25.9% 2,324 | 7.0% 628 |
| 1920 | 65.2% 5,216 | 32.6% 2,606 | 2.3% 183 |
| 1916 | 45.2% 3,885 | 48.0% 4,128 | 6.8% 588 |
| 1912 | 13.8% 672 | 40.3% 1,970 | 46.0% 2,247 |
| 1908 | 52.7% 2,658 | 42.8% 2,155 | 4.5% 227 |
| 1904 | 62.8% 2,855 | 28.8% 1,310 | 8.3% 378 |
| 1900 | 51.6% 2,872 | 46.8% 2,605 | 1.7% 94 |
| 44.9% 2,609 | 54.3% 3,152 | 0.8% 49 | |
| 1892 | 46.1% 2,209 | 53.9% 2,587 | |
| 1888 | 50.5% 2,422 | 23.2% 1,113 | 26.3% 1,264 |
Onderwijs
Geünificeerde schooldistricten
- West Franklin USD 287 (website)
- Central Heights USD 288 (Website)
- Wellsville USD 289 (Website)
- Ottawa 290 USD (website)
Hogescholen en universiteiten
- OttawaUniversiteit, Ottawa
- Neosho County Community College (nevencampus), Ottawa
Gemeenschappen
Steden
- Lane
- Ottawa
- Pomona
- Princeton
- Rantoul
- Richmond
- Wellsville
- Williamsburg
Meer lezen
- Standaard Atlas van Franklin County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 69 pagina's; 1920.
- Plat Book van Franklin County, Kansas; North West Publishing Co; 36 pagina's; 1903.