Franklin, Kentucky
Franklin, Kentucky Simpson County Courthouse in Franklin Simpson County Courthouse in Franklin Location of Franklin, Kentucky Location of Franklin, Kentucky Franklin is a home rule-class town/city in and the governmental center of county of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. The populace was 8,408 at the 2010 census.
Franklin was formally incorporated by the state assembly on November 2, 1820, on a 62-acre (250,000 m2) tract of land.
On March 1, 1968, Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash were married at the Methodist church in Franklin by Reverend Leslie Chapman.
Alpha Missionary Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Bethany Church of Christ (Churches of Christ) Blackjack Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Calvary Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Cedar Grove Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Elevated Missionary Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Fairview Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Faith Baptist Church (Independent Baptist) First Baptist Church Franklin (Southern Baptist) Franklin Amish Mennonite Church (Mennonite Church USA) Franklin Church of Christ (Churches of Christ) Franklin Community of Faith Church of the Nazarene (Nazarene) Franklin First United Methodist Church (United Methodist) Franklin Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church (USA)) Franklin Seventh-day Adventist Church (Seventh-day Adventist) Franklin United Pentecostal Church (United Pentecostal Church International) Lake Spring Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Life - Point Church (Southern Baptist) Locust Grove Church of Christ (Churches of Christ) Macedonia General Baptist Church (Baptist) Middleton First Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Pleasant View Baptist Church (Baptist) Providence Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Roundpond Presbyterian Church (Nondenominational Presbyterian; formerly Presbyterian Church (USA)) Salmons General Baptist Church (Baptist) Shady Grove Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Simpson Baptist Association (Southern Baptist) South Franklin Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Sulphur Spring Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Trinity Baptist Church (Southern Baptist) Zion Lutheran Church (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) Former University of Kentucky football head coach and current NFL coach Joker Phillips was born and raised in Franklin.
Carolyn Conn Moore of Franklin became the first woman to serve in the Kentucky Senate.
James Earnest, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate, was born in Franklin.
Kentucky Downs, formerly known as Dueling Grounds Racetrack (owned by Corey Johnsen & Ray Reid), is positioned right on the Kentucky Tennessee border in Franklin.
Climate Summary for Franklin, Kentucky Franklin, Kentucky travel guide from Wikivoyage City of Franklin, Kentucky Municipalities and communities of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States
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