Texas · Census place 4827288

Franklin, Texas

Franklin is a city in Robertson County, Texas with an estimated 1,792 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 645th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,792
#645 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+11.2%
+181 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,532 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Franklin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

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Franklin population, 2020 to 2024

Franklin added 181 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.2%. In the latest year it moved by +34.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,611. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Franklin covers 1.17 square miles of land, for 1,532 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Franklin is close to the typical town.

What county Franklin is in

All of Franklin's residents live in Robertson County, which had 17,659 residents in 2024. Franklin holds 10.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Franklin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Franklin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 77856. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Franklin is

The Census internal point of Franklin is at 31.025000, -96.487500. Austin, the capital, is 90.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hearne, TX (4,641 people), 12.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is College Station, TX, 32.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
31.025000, -96.487500
DMS
31°01'30.00"N 96°29'15.00"W
UTM
14N 739832.2E 3435083.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
86352GG6+2X

Daylight in Franklin

At 31.03° N, Franklin gets about 14 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Franklin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hearne, 12.0 miles away, with 4,641 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Franklin, TX?

1,792 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 181 (11.2%) from 1,611 in July 2020.

What county is Franklin in?

Robertson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Franklin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 77856.

How far is Franklin from Austin?

90.7 miles (146.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Franklin.

What is the nearest larger city to Franklin?

Hearne, TX, with 4,641 residents, 12.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.