Franklin, Idaho

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Franklin is a city in Franklin County, Idaho. The population was 641 at the 2000 census.

Founded by Mormon pioneers in April 1860 in what was then Washington Territory, Franklin is the first permanent European settlement in present-day Idaho. However, the town's founders believed the townsite was in Utah Territory. Its political status remained ambiguous until an 1872 survey determined the townsite was in Idaho Territory about 1 mile (0.6 kilometers) north of the Utah Territory border [1].

Franklin is the location of a portion of the filming of the movie, Napoleon Dynamite. The chicken farm scenes of the movie were filmed on Ritewood Egg Farms property, with the supervisor being loosely based on Marlow Woodward, the deceased founder of the farm.

[edit] Geography

Franklin is located at 42°0′58″N, 111°48′11″W (42.016039, -111.803101)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 km² (0.8 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 641 people, 195 households, and 156 families residing in the city. The population density was 325.6/km² (839.0/mi²). There were 219 housing units at an average density of 111.3/km² (286.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 88.92% White, 0.16% Native American, 9.05% from other races, and 1.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.67% of the population.

There were 195 households out of which 47.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.0% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 3.79.

In the city the population was spread out with 40.1% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 14.7% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 26 years. For every 100 females there were 94.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,026, and the median income for a family was $34,191. Males had a median income of $27,417 versus $24,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $10,346. About 10.9% of families and 14.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.0% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.