Franklin County, North Carolina

Franklin County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 60,619. Its county seat is Louisburg.Franklin County is included in the Raleigh, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Combined Statistical Area, which had a 2012 estimated population of 1,998,808.HistoryThe county was formed in 1779 from the southern half of Bute County. It is named for Benjamin Franklin. It is a part of the Research Triangle.County formation timeline1664 Albemarle County formed (original, extinct)1668 Albemarle County subdivided into Carteret, Berkeley, & Shaftesbury Precincts1681 Shaftesbury Precinct renamed Chowan Precinct1722 Bertie Precinct formed from Chowan Precinct1739 Bertie Precinct becomes Bertie County1741 Edgecombe County formed from Bertie County1746 Granville County formed from Edgecombe County1754 Creation of Bertie Precinct, Edgecombe County, & Granville County repealed by King George II, in Privy Council1756 Bertie, Edgecombe, & Granville re-created1764 Bute County (extinct) formed from Granville County1779 Franklin County formed from Bute County (extinct)1787 Franklin County gains land from Wake County1875 Franklin County gains land from Granville County1881 Franklin County loses land to help form Vance County