Franklin County, New York

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Clinton

Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seat: Malone (1808–)

Land area: 1,629 square miles

Population (2020): 47,555

Population (historic): 2,617 (1810); 16,518 (1840); 30,271 (1870); 42,853 (1900); 45,694 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870–1910; 1920s; 1940s; 1970–2010

Subdivisions: Six villages; four CDPs; 19 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,844 (34.6%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 74.6%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 20.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.5%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,582
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,556

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,299
Average farm size (1920): 54.2 acres
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Malone

Namesake: Unknown

Founding: 1807 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,483

Population (historic): 4,193 (1880); 5,935 (1900); 8,657 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,328 (48.9%)
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