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Place Name
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Franklin
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Population
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8,304 (1990)
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Location
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Merrimack County, New Hampshire (NH), United States, North America
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Latitude
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43°27'N
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Longitude
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71°40'W
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Franklin
, city (1990 pop. 8,304),
Merrimack co., S central N.H., 17 mi/27 km N
of Concord, at junction of Winnipesaukee and Pemigewasset rivers
(forming the Merrimack R.); 43°27'N 71°40'W. Equip. mfg., printing
and publishing; agr. (nursery crops, vegetables, apples; livestock,
poultry; dairying). Daniel Webster b. here, in sect. then in Salisbury.
Franklin Falls Dam, on Pemigewasset R., forms Franklin Falls Reservoir.
Webster L. (2 mi/3.2 km long) in N. Includes
village of West Franklin. Settled 1764; town inc. 1828, city 1895.
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