Franklin County, Indiana

Franklin County is a located in the  of. As of 2000, the population was 22,151. The is.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 1,014 (391 ). 1,000 km² (386 sq mi) of it is land and 14 km² (5 sq mi) of it (1.36%) is water.

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History
Franklin County was formed in 1811. It was named for.

Some of the early settlers of this county were, they came with Elder William Tyner who came from Virginia in. They organized the, the first church in the Whitewater Valley. The members built a log church as early as, about two or three miles southeast of. In they built a large brick church, with balcony, and rifle ports. They held the first meeting in it on August 1, 1812. It is the oldest church building standing on its original site in. It is open as a historic site.

One further landmark in the county is the on Big Cedar Creek Road, between the road to Reily and the Oxford Pike. The original church was established in 1817, as an arm of the Little Cedar Baptist church. The plain, simple brick building, but impressive in its simplicity was built in 1838. This church, like all, or nearly all of the pioneer Baptist groups in the county was originally or Hardshell. In the 1830’s or there abouts, modernism came upon the scene, modernism and human inventions, like Sunday Schools, Missionary Societies, and organs. Organs were particularly anathema to the Primitive Party; an organ was Arron’s golden calf. The Big Cedar congregation divided into two congregations, but the two groups arrived at an amicable settlement and both congregations continued to use the same building. The Primitives, or Hardshells, had church there on the first and third Sabbath of each month, and the Modernists or Missionary Baptists used the church on the second and fourth Sundays. Each congregation had its own wood shed. The building is now maintained in connection with the Big Cedar Cemetery Association.

Governors, and  were known as the "Brookville Triumvirate," in that they all had lived in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana and served consecutive terms in the office of Governor of Indiana. Noble and former governor Ray were political enemies.

Speaker of the Indiana House was from Franklin County.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 22,151 people, 7,868 households, and 6,129 families residing in the county. The was 22/km² (57/sq mi). There were 8,596 housing units at an average density of 9/km² (22/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 99.02%, 0.03% or , 0.16% , 0.22% , 0.02% , 0.09% from , and 0.47% from two or more races. 0.47% of the population were or  of any race. 46.4% were of, 19.4% , 9.2% and 8.5%  ancestry according to.

There were 7,868 households out of which 37.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.00% were living together, 8.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.10% were non-families. 19.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.17.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.10% under the age of 18, 7.60% from 18 to 24, 29.20% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $43,530, and the median income for a family was $50,171. Males had a median income of $33,998 versus $24,516 for females. The for the county was $18,624. About 4.70% of families and 7.10% of the population were below the, including 7.90% of those under age 18 and 9.70% of those age 65 or over.