The Town of Franklin is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,560 at the 2000 census. In 2007,'Family Circle'Magazine named Franklin one of the top ten towns in the country in which to raise a family.

History
Franklin was first settled by Europeans in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1778.
The city is also home to the birth place of America's father of public education, Horace Mann. Franklin is home to what may be the nation's oldest continuously operational one-room school house (Croydon, NH's school dates to 1780, but there is debate as to whether it is truly'one room'). The Red...

The Town of Franklin is a city in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,560 at the 2000 census. In 2007,'Family Circle'Magazine named Franklin one of the top ten towns in the country in which to raise a family.

History
Franklin was first settled by Europeans in 1660 and was officially incorporated in 1778.
The city is also home to the birth place of America's father of public education, Horace Mann. Franklin is home to what may be the nation's oldest continuously operational one-room school house (Croydon, NH's school dates to 1780, but there is debate as to whether it is truly'one room'). The Red Brick School was started in 1792 and the building was constructed in 1833 The Red Brick School], Franklin Massachusetts site, accessed 11 September 2008 and was operational until 2008. St. Mary's Catholic church, located in central Franklin, is the largest Catholic parish in the Boston Archdiocese with some 15,000 members.

Geography
Franklin is located at (42.089104, -71.406909).

According to the United States Census Bureau the town has a total area of, of which is land and (1.00%) is water.