Franklin County, Florida

Founding: 1832
Parent counties: Gadsden and Washington

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seat: Apalachicola (1832–)

Land area: 535 square miles

Population (2020): 12,451

Population (historic): 1,030 (1840); 1,904 (1860); 1,791 (1880); 4,890 (1900); 6,283 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1860; 1870–1930; 1950–2020

Subdivisions: Two cities; two CDPs

National Register listings: Nine

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 341 (3.9%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 62.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 10.2%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 15.5%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $520
Average outbuilding value (1930): $380
Average farmhouse size (1940): 3.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 7
Average farm size (1920): 13.6 acres

Sources of settlement: Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina
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Apalachicola

Namesake: The Apalachicola people

Founding: 1828 (platting as West Point); 1829 (post office); 1831 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 2,341

Population (historic): 1,904 (1860); 1,336 (1880); 3,077 (1900); 3,150 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860; 1870–1900; 1920–1940; 1980s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 233 (16.6%)

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