Franklin County County
Established January 30, 1913 with its county seat at Preston. Named for the first settlement in Idaho, Franklin, which in turn was named for Franklin Richards, an apostle of the Mormon church. The settlement began in Franklin county in 1860 with thirteen families.
Mapped Location
Franklin County: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Franklin County
- Feature Type: County
- County Seat: City of Preston
- Established: Thursday, January 30, 1913
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Franklin County
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Franklin County | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Franklin County
References to Franklin County that document the origin of its place name
FRANKLIN.—Named from the town of Franklin. The county seat is Franklin, named for Mr. Franklin, the leader of the thirteen Mormon families that settled the place in 1860.
Related Catalog Titles
A Bibliography for Franklin County, County
A brief history of Franklin, first permanent settlement in the state of Idaho by Idaho Pioneer Association, Boise Public Library Idaho Collection
Authored by S. P. Morgan, Idaho, Facts and Statistics Pertaining to Its Early Settlement and Colonization provides a focused historical account of the state's first permanent white settlement, the Mormon-founded Franklin colony. The text blends demographic data, pioneer chronologies, and agricultural records to document how early religious settlers transformed the arid southeastern frontier into a viable, structured agrarian community. Furthermore, the book details the escalating territorial frictions between the encroaching colonizers and the indigenous Shoshone population, framing these violent clashes solely as "Indian troubles" that threatened pioneer progress. A keen insight drawn from the work is how early statistical histories weaponized civic data to justify indigenous displacement; by pairing seemingly objective agricultural metrics with subjective, one-sided narratives of Native American hostility, the text effectively disguised the brutal realities of colonization behind a veneer of rational economic development and inevitable civilization.
36 pages ; cm.
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Franklin County
- Anderson
- Banida
- Cherryville
- Cleveland
- City of Clifton
- Coulam
- City of Dayton
- Egypt
- Fairview
- City of Franklin
- Glendale
- Mapleton
- Mink Creek
- Mound Valley
- Nashville
- City of Oxford
- City of Preston
- Riverdale
- Silver Star
- Thatcher
- Thorenson
- Treasureton
- City of Weston
- Whitney
- Winder
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2016-11-27