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

National Register listings: 86

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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Outstanding Buildings

1. William Plumb House (c. 1840). 2604 US Highway 11. Bangor. Federal.
2. *Herbert Hastings Farm (1896). 12 Conservation Road. Dickinson. Eastlake.
3. *William Clark House (c. 1875). 1233 State Route 11B. Dickinson. Italianate.
4. *James Blood House Ruins (c. 1840). Coggin Bridge–Bombay Road and the East Branch of Deer Creek. Fort Covington.
5. Hiram Burns House (c. 1875). 214 Burns–Holden Road. Fort Covington. Gothic Revival.
6. Christopher Briggs Farm (c. 1845). 2192 State Route 37. Fort Covington. Greek Revival.