Franklin, Wayne County, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Wayne
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|subdivision_name3 = Dalton
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|timezone = Eastern (EST)
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|elevation_ft = 1096
|postal_code_type = ZIP code
|postal_code = 47346
|area_code = 765
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|blank_info = 449869{{GNIS|449869}}
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Franklin is an unincorporated community in Dalton Township, Wayne County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
History
Franklin was platted in 1832.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historywaynecou00youngoog | title=History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=R. Clarke & Company | author=Young, Andrew White | year=1872 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historywaynecou00youngoog/page/n253 209]}} An old variant name of the community was called Nettle Creek.{{cite web|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,P4_OBJECTID,P4_FNAME:449869,32218177,Nettle%20Creek|title=USGS detail on Franklin - Variant Citation|accessdate=2016-07-07}}
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Indiana
Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana
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