FRANKLIN COUNTY 

 This county lies in the northeastern part of the state, with the 

 province of Quebec forming the northern boundary. Its area is 

 1,073,920 acres, and it extends approximately 32 miles east 

 and west and 62 miles north and south. 



The population is shown in the following table: 

 Population- by Townships 



(Census of 1915) 



Altamont 

 Bangor . . . 

 Belmont 

 Bombay . . . 

 Brandon 

 Brighton . . 

 Burke . . . . 

 Chateaugay 

 Constable . 

 Dickinson 

 Duane 



4,480 



2,179 



2,031 



1,337 



860 



777 



1,835 



2,903 



1,331 



1,514 



255 



Fort Covington 



Franklin 



Harrietstown . 



Malone * 



Moira 



Santa Clara . . 



Waverly 



Westville 



Total 



2,045 

 1,378 

 4,716 

 11,255 

 2,413 

 525 

 2, 133 

 1,128 



46, 181 



* Malone, in the town of Malone, is the county seat. 



HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS 



This county w:s formed from Clinton in 1808 and named in 

 honor of Benjamin Franklin. A small portion was later added to 

 Essex. 



The earliest settlement of the county was made at St. Regis, 

 by a colony of St. Regis Indians under Father Anthony Gordon, 

 a Jesuit, about 1760. About 1,500 of the tribe now live on a 

 reservation in the northwestern corner of the county. 



The 'first white settlements were made in Chateaugay in 1796 

 by emigrants from Vermont. During the War of 1812 the county 

 was overrun by the enemy, who seized a considerable amount of 

 military stores at Fort Covington (then known as French Mills), 

 Chateaugay, and Malone. 



In the early times this county was quite secluded from the rest 

 of the state and much of its trade and business was carried on 

 with Canada. The completion of railroads has since been of 

 great importance in the development of the county. 



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