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
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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