Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. About 21 miles (34 km) south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area and Middle Tennessee. As of 2020, its population was 83,454. It is the seventh-most populous city in Tennessee.
Southeast
Franklin
Williamson County, TN
Population
83,630
Walk Score
72 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$1,785
Median home value
$574,000
Founded
1799
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- Adams Street Historic District · listed 2000
- Boyd-Wilson Farm · listed 1996
- Franklin Battlefield · listed 1966
- Franklin Historic District · listed 1972
- Franklin Historic District · listed 2018
- Franklin Historic District · listed 1972
- Franklin Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 2000
- Franklin Historic District (Boundary Increase) · listed 1988
- Glass Mounds Discontiguous Archeological District · listed 2015
- Harlinsdale Farm · listed 2006
- Harlinsdale Farm (Boundary Increase) · listed 2023
- Hincheyville Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1982
- Hincheyville Historic District (Boundary Increase and Decrease) · listed 2020
- Lewisburg Avenue Historic District (Additional Documentation) · listed 1988
- Lewisburg Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase/Decrease) · listed 2023
- Natchez Street Historic District · listed 2004
Notable landmarks
- Anderson Site · listed 1990
- Boyd Mill Ruins · listed 1988
- Boyd, William, House · listed 1988
- Campbell, William S., House · listed 1975
- Carnton · listed 1973
- Carothers, John Henry, House · listed 1989
- Cedarmont · listed 1984
- Coats-Hines Archeological Site · listed 2011
- Cox House · listed 1980
- Crafton, John, House · listed 1988
- Craig-Beasley House · listed 2003
- Dortch Stove Works · listed 1997
- Douglass-Reams House · listed 1988
- Forest Hills School (Additional Documentation) · listed 1988
- Fort Granger · listed 1973
- Franklin City Cemetery · listed 2012
- Glass, Samuel F., House · listed 1988
- Glen Echo · listed 1976
- Gray, Henry P., House · listed 1988
- Hamilton-Brown House · listed 2006
- Hardeman, Franklin, House · listed 1988
- Harrison House · listed 1975
- Herbert, John, House · listed 1988
- Hiram Masonic Lodge No. 7 · listed 1973
- Hodge, Robert, House · listed 2005
- …and 41 more
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