Franklin County, Vermont

Founding: 1796 (declared in 1792)
Parent county: Chittenden
Namesake: Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seat: St. Albans (1796–)
Land area: 634 square miles
Population (2020): 49,946
Population (historic): 8,282 (1800); 24,531 (1840); 30,291 (1870); 30,198 (1900); 29,975 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1830; 1840s; 1860s; 1890s; 1910s; 1940s; 1960–2020
Subdivisions: One city; two villages; five CDPs; 14 towns
National Register listings: 64
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 5,708 (24.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 75%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 36.9%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 11%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,800
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,096

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.7 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 2,444
Average farm size (1920): 61.5 acres
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St. Albans

 
Namesake: St. Albans, England
Founding: 1783 (founding); 1800 (post office); 1896 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 6,877
Population (historic): 6,239 (1900); 8,020 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1900–1960; 1980–2000
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,650 (52.1%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Charles Allen Farm (c. 1870). 4108 Montgomery Road. Enosburg. Italianate.
2. *James Bellows Farm (c. 1845). 1408 Main Street. Fairfax. Greek Revival.
3. *William Pearson Farm (c. 1855). 15 Towle Neighborhood Road. Franklin. Italianate/Gothic Revival.
4. *Elijah Dee House (c. 1800). 34 Dee Road. Georgia. Federal.
5. *Brown Torrey House (1796). 4306 Georgia Shore Road. Georgia. Federal.
6. *Reuben Evarts House (c. 1799). 6206 Georgia Shore Road. Georgia. Federal.
7. *Alonzo Kimball House (c. 1840). 25 Polly Hubbard Road. Georgia. Greek Revival.
8. *Georgia Plains Baptist Church (1877). 1493 Stone Bridge Road. Georgia. Gothic Revival.
9. *Amos Skeels House (c. 1825). 1862 Highgate Road. Highgate. Federal.
10. *Richwood / Charles Rich Estate (1871). 491 St. Albans Road. Swanton. Second Empire.
11. *Rockledge / Jennison Estate (c. 1803/1918–1920). 2396 Highgate Road. Swanton. Federal/Classical Revival.