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Franklin is a city in Milwaukee County and a suburb of Milwaukee, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin after the southern part of the Town of Kinnikinick was split off to form the town of Franklin on December 20, 1839.

The original town covered 36 square miles of heavy hardwood timber — hickory, walnut and butternut — drained by the Root River and home to bears, deer and wolves, and its population at the 1840 census was just 248 people.

Franklin was nicknamed the "City of Homes" in the 1950s as it grew into a residential suburb, and it incorporated as a fourth-class city on August 15, 1956, partly to protect itself from annexation by the city of Milwaukee.

Franklin's population was 36,816 at the 2020 census, up from 35,451 in 2010 and just 10,006 in 1960, a six-decade run of suburban growth.

The city counted 13,642 households at the 2010 census, with an average household size of 2.45 people.

Franklin covers about 34.7 square miles, and the Root River runs south through the city, bisecting it.

Franklin is home to Franklin Field, a 4,000-seat ballpark that opened on June 24, 2019 as the home of the Milwaukee Milkmen of the independent American Association and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Panthers, the only NCAA Division I baseball program in Wisconsin.

Franklin Field was built on the site of a former landfill as the anchor of the Ballpark Commons development at The Rock Sports Complex.

A 2012 city financial report listed Northwestern Mutual as Franklin's largest employer, with about 2,550 employees at its Franklin campus.

Most Franklin students attend the Franklin Public School District, formed in 1962, which runs five elementary schools, one middle school and Franklin High School.