Franklin County, Tennessee

Surnames/tags: tennessee Appalachia

Welcome to Franklin County, Tennessee!

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Contents 1 Project Purpose 2 How to Join the Project 3 List of Things to Do 4 Franklin County History 5 Geography 6 Protected areas 7 Government Offices 8 Demographics 9 Communities 9.1 Cities 9.2 Towns 10 County Common Areas 11 Things to do/see 12 County Resources 12.1 County Records 12.2 Church records 12.3 Voter/Citizenship Records 12.4 Estate/Probate Records 12.5 Land/Homestead Records 12.6 Tax Lists 12.7 Military Service Records 12.8 Census Records 13 See also 14 Sources

Project Purpose

The purpose of this sub-project is to have a foundation for all things relating to Franklin County, Tennessee. From cities, to citizens, to favorite tourist spots, to cemeteries, we aim to have it all here for you in one central location. Here's a good place to start: http://www.franklincotn.us/ includes lots of information, many useful links, and a message from the Mayor of Franklin County.

How to Join the Project

1. Coordinator of this project: Stephanie Ward
2. See the main project page here for instructions on how to join.
3. Add (Tennessee) and (us_history) to your G2G tag feed.
4. Project template: {{US History|sub-project=Tennessee}} gives you the template above (2 flags)

List of Things to Do

1. Contributing to the main project page as needed
2. Church records of christenings, marriages and burials
3. Voter or citizenship rolls
4. Records of wills and deceased estates
5. Land tenure records
6. Tax lists
7. Muster lists for militia service
8. Census records, indexed and uploaded

Franklin County History

Geography

Franklin County is part of Middle Tennessee, one of Tennesee's Three Grand Divisions. These divisions are not only geographic, but also cultural and defined in state law. Franklin County is also part of the South Central Region of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties

1. Coffee County (north)
2. Grundy County (northeast)
3. Marion County (east)
4. Jackson County, Alabama (south)
5. Madison County, Alabama (southwest)
6. Lincoln County (west)
7. Moore County (northwest)

Protected areas

1. Tims Ford State Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tims_Ford_State_Park

Government Offices

1. List and link county offices

Demographics

1. General Overview of the current population/ages/races/marital status/etc

Communities

Cities

(must be officially part of the county)

1. City of Winchester http://www.winchester-tn.com/
2. City of Tullahoma http://www.tullahomatn.gov/
3. City of Sherwood http://sherwoodtenn.com/

Towns

1. Estill Springs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estill_Springs,_Tennessee

County Common Areas

1. Franklin County Cemeteries
2. Franklin County Schools

Things to do/see

1. touristy things

County Resources

County Records

Church records

Voter/Citizenship Records

Estate/Probate Records

Land/Homestead Records

Tax Lists

Military Service Records

Census Records

See also

For wonderful genealogy resources:

• http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/
• https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Franklin_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy

Sources

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