Franklin County Cities

  

• Cities are arranged in alphabetical order from left to right •

NOTE: City Naming History adapted from the book Washington State Place Names (8th Printing, 1997)
with permission from the Publisher: University of Washington Press.
Franklin County
 Franklin County's Web Site
 27th Largest County by Area - County Seat: Pasco
county map

Franklin County is an important area of irrigated agriculture and dry land wheat farming located in the southern part of the Columbia Basin of central Washington. Named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin County was created by act of the Washington Territorial Legislature on November 28, 1883.