Franklin, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77856. It stands on Touchstone Branch. The Survey maps it on the Franklin quadrangle. 1,614 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
On record in Franklin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Franklin Carnegie Librarylisted 2005
Robertson County Courthouse and Jaillisted 1977
Population over time
2 figuresFranklin grew from 1,564 to 1,614 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,564 | |
| 2020 | 1,614 | +50 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1927 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1930 USGS Marquez quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Franklin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Franklin between 2005 and 2020, burning about 854 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY HILL |
| 8 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAIN ST |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY RD. |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-107 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TFS 17-0000105 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY RD. |
| 5 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NAVASOTA VALLEY |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE MISSISSIPPI CEMETERY RD. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Franklin in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Lightning | Franklin | $30,000 | Lightning struck and ignited several tanks of oil and gas early in the afternoon. Seven fire departments fought the fire for three hours before it was extinguished. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $25,000 | High wind removed the roof from a farm house. |
| May 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Franklin | $10,000 | An EF-0 tornado touched down just west of Henry Prairie Rd south of Franklin and moved northeast across FM 46 and McNutt Road before lifting near Old Hickory Grove Road. Several trees and large tree limbs were blown down along the path, with minor damage to a few homes and outbuildings. Max winds were estimated at 80 mph. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $7,000 | Large cedar trees were uprooted and large limbs broken on the south side of Franklin. Additional tree damage was reported elsewhere in town along with downed power lines and broken windows. A motorcycle was also thrown across the road. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $5,000 | Broadcast media reported that a roof was blown off of a laundromat and onto Hwy 79 in Frankin, TX. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | $100 | A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Franklin | - | Broadcast media shared a photo of quarter sized hail in Franklin. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Franklin | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail in Franklin, TX. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Franklin | - | A public report indicated quarter-size hail in the city of Franklin, TX. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Franklin | - | A trained spotter reported half dollar sized hail in the city of Franklin. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Franklin | - | Hail increased to the size of a half dollar in Franklin. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Franklin | - | Quarter size hail was reported 1 mile west of Franklin. |
| February 2006 | Flash Flood | Franklin | - | Water covering the road along Farm to Market 46. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | Several trees blown down. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | Large tree limbs broken off. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Franklin | - | County and secondary roads were flooded. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | A large tree was blown down across Holly Cemetary Road near Highway 79 in east Franklin. |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Franklin | - | A brief touchdown occurred with no known damage. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Franklin | - | Golfball to baseball size hail was reported. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Franklin | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 79. |
| January 1999 | Flash Flood | Franklin | - | Heavy rains flooded Highway 46, north of Franklin. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Franklin | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Baden | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Owensville | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Elliot | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Easterly | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Nesbitt | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Eaton | 8.5 miles | 7 | |
| Black Jack | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Tidwell Prairie | 10.1 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Franklin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974124 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357676. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





